Round House: a deadly side to paradise: 2 (Jack Quinn Novel)

Writer Jack Quinn suspects the secretive high-security barbed-wire resort next door is connected to a local captains murder. When his research uncovers something far more hideous Jack finds himself in a race against time to stop what lies beyond the fence. - - - - - - - - - -For the second time in his life writer Jack Quinn finds himself involved in a murder. Within days of arriving at his favorite island retreat on the Caribbean island of Utila he rescues the crew off a stranded catamaran only to be robbed beaten tied up and left for dead by the same two men. When freed by the house caretaker the next morning he learns the Captain of the catamaran was found murdered on the boat and that Jack along with the supposed two-man crew are now the prime suspects.A new twist unfolds when Jack finds the popular resort next door to the Round House villa hes renting has been transformed into a secretive high-security barbed-wire enclosure complete with guard towers and armed sentries. A chance meeting with Ned Foster a scientist from the resort provides the perfect opportunity for Jack to dig into what lies within. The doctor claims hes on the verge of perfecting an experimental life-altering drug that will change life on earth as we know it and he wants Jack to document his journey. Despite concerns from friends Jack agrees to Neds lucrative writing contract; while researching Fosters background Jack uncovers a startling and hideous secret.Risk intensifies when false evidence anonymously arrives causing police and locals to suspect Jack as not only complicit in the captains murder but connected to the mysterious resort. The unexpected arrival of Jacks wife sets up a climax filled with twists turns and a dramatic conclusion with someone paying the ultimate price.Author Pat Wiley maintains a plot ripe with twists turns and suspense up until the end raising questions about our divided loyalties to science money ego and the ones we love.Book 2 ROUND HOUSE a deadly side to paradise Book 1 EYEWITNESS a nautical murder mystery