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Cole Springer
Leisure
September 2007
On Sale: September 1, 2007
352 pages ISBN: 0843959932 EAN: 9780843959932 Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
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Suspense | Thriller
Aspen-- the American Riviera-- where the rich and the
beautiful go to play. Quiet streets, breathtaking
mountains, and one of the lowest crime rates in America.
But that's about to change. Real estate speculator Max Shapiro has been cleaning the
San Francisco mob's money for three decades. Then the
hammer drops-- he's dying of cancer and is on borrowed
time. Resentful of the mob's hold and not wishing to die
with an IV hose in his arm, Max tells the mob he isn't
paying any more tribute, hoping they'll send someone to
kill him. While vacationing in Aspen, however, Max gets a
call from his doctor. Good news. Max isn't dying after
all. But it's too late to call off the mob's killers.
Max's only hope is the enigmatic Cole Springer-- an ex-
Secret Service agent with a penchant for creative thinking-
- broke and in danger of losing his Aspen nightclub.
Shapiro needs a bodyguard and Springer needs money, so
they cut a protection deal. Enter Gerry "Knucks" Nugent, a
cerebral and deadly hit man in the midst of a midlife
crisis who has been sent to kill Shapiro. A mob boss dies in 'Frisco, there is a struggle for power,
and an emergency cache of three million dollars ends up in
the hands of Nicky Tortino, a merciless Bay Area crime
lord. The shift in the underworld command sends shock
waves rippling across the western United States, affecting
even Shapiro and Nugent. Meanwhile, Springer's active mind runs to larger themes
than merely protecting Shapiro, and he begins to formulate
a scheme to save Shapiro and get his hands on the three
million. Springer's scam depends upon recruiting Nugent,
and Nugent is widely feared-- even by his ruthless bosses
on the West Coast. Bay Area underboss Nicky Tortino travels to Aspen to get
Shapiro to launder the three million, and also to have
both Springer and Shapiro killed. The law closes in and
Springer is running out of time and options. Beset on all
sides, Springer designs an elaborate sting to extricate
Shapiro and himself from the deadly web that has formed
around them. But can he trust Nugent?
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