Peace River Village

<p><strong>A small coterie of retired cops jumps at the chance to solve the mystery of the neighbor's missing granddaughter. A thoroughly engaging and clever read where the senior sleuths encounter a network of dastardly characters involved in drugs and human trafficking. Two thumbs up! -Sherry Hobbs author of <em>Bird of Passage</em> and <em>Mac-The Wind Beneath My Wings</em></strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Four retired detectives. One missing teenager. And a case that doesn't add up.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Peace River Village is where people come for quiet streets friendly neighbors and the promise of a peaceful life in Sunland Florida.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>But safety is an illusion.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Seventeen-year-old Jennifer Duncan isn't a runaway. She's a good kid trapped in a troubled home-until one wrong encounter puts her in the path of something far more dangerous than she could ever imagine. When Jennifer vanishes the police move too quickly dismissing her as just another runaway. Her grandmother knows better-and refuses to let her disappear without a fight.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Desperate for answers she turns to four retired detectives. They've traded the job for quiet lives but not their instincts... or the camaraderie that once carried them through their toughest cases. They thought those days were behind them. They were wrong.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>What begins as a search for Jennifer uncovers a brutal world of drugs manipulation and human trafficking operating just beyond the edges of their community. Now with time running out they must bring her home-before she disappears into a world no one escapes.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Christopher Amato a former federal agent delivers a gripping thriller where danger hides in plain sight.</span></p>