Mermaid Jewels

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WHEN AN EX-CON IS FRAMED FOR MURDER HE'S FORCED TO RETURN TO HIS LIFE OF CRIME TO FIND THE REAL KILLER. Mike Fitzgerald is an ex-jewel thief trying to go straight, but since his release from prison someone has been committing robberies and making it look like he did them. To add to his misery, two San Diego Sherriff detectives are determined to send Mike back to prison and are willing to break the law to do it. Yet, Mike finally gets a break when a wealthy couple hire him to draw a mural at their mansion. He believes he has finally found vindication as an artist, but his dreams of success soon dissolve when the wife is murdered in a botched robbery of jewels worth ten million dollars and Mike is the primary suspect. This leaves Mike with only two choices, find the real killer, or spend the rest of his life on the run. In the Mexican border towns of Tijuana and Rosarito Beach, Mike recruits the help of a crooked Rosarito Beach cop to return with him to the United States to find the killer. As they search, Mike discovers that he has been a puppet on a string ever since his release from prison, and the puppet master is about to cut the strings. "Get ready to be enthralled. Frank Grady's debut novel, Mermaid Jewels , is guaranteed to keep its readers riveted in page-turning suspense. Grady's main protagonist, ex-con, Mike Fitzgerald, won't quit until he finds vindication for being wrongly accused of robberies he didn't commit. And it gets worse. He's being hunted down by a cast of characters he would rather not know. Follow Mike through the twists and turns of the Mexican border towns in harrowing situations that propel this thriller along with edge-of-your-seat excitement. Grady ... knows exactly how to weave a tale, and he does it with such skill and style, you'll wonder where he's been all your life. Mermaid Jewels is a book you won't want to put down, and Grady's fast-paced hijinks will keep you begging for more. Slip into a margarita, and settle in for a literary ride you won't soon forget." -Judith Marks-White, author of Seducing Harry and Bachelor Degree. "You'll find yourself cheering for an ex-con determined to beat the odds."-Gail Oust, author of the Spice Shop Mysteries. "A con-artist but not in the strictest sense of the word. Author Frank Grady makes us truly empathize with an ex-con turned artist who has to fall back on his original skillset to nab the real criminal who pins a crime on him. A truly fun, twisting mystery." -C. Hope Clark, author of The Carolina Slade Mysteries and The Edisto Island Mysteries. "Grady deftly hands us an ex con we can really care about as he fights for his life against corrupt cops and murderous medicos." -Caroline Taylor, author of Jewelry from a Grave. "Get ready for a wild ride with an ex-con and jewel thief who must run for his life and return to his old profession to survive bad cops on both sides of the US-Mexico border when set up for murder. Fast paced and will appeal to fans of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey."-Mike Befeler, author of Murder on the Switzerland Trail, Mystery of the Dinner Playhouse. "Readers looking for a hard-boiled, edge-of-the seat action thriller are advised to grab Frank J. Grady's Mermaid Jewels, then hold on tight for an adrenaline-pumping ride that doesn't ease up on the thrills until the last page."-Harold Schechter, author of The Serial Killer Files. "Murder, manipulation and millions of dollars in stolen jewels add up to a gem of a first novel by Frank Grady."-Glenn Ickler, author of One Death Too Many and many other mystery novels. "A murderous