The Salsa Connection: An International Romantic Thriller

THE SALSA CONNECTION--AN INTERNATIONAL ROMANTIC THRILLER is a 93000 word romantic thriller that has already won the Royal Palm Literary Award for best thriller. The story moves from the salsa clubs of St. Petersburg Russia to New York to Louisiana and finally to Italy. The red-hot thread of the dance runs through a novel that explores the Russian mob slavery and prostitution rings and the art world as well as love loss revenge and the strength of family ties. When Nickolay Panov left St Petersburg Russia to go to New York City for an international ballet competition 25 years ago he was considered one of the best ballet dancers in Russia. The Americans say he was murdered. The Russians say he defected. In any case he never returned. Just before Nickolay disappeared several priceless paintings and icons from a major museum were stolen. While he was accused of the theft no solid proof has ever been offered to tie him to it. However evidence shows that the stolen goods were shipped to America. The CIA and the Russian Government are still pursuing all leads connected to the heist and so is the Russian mafia. Sveta was three years old when her father disappeared so its a shock when in the mail she receives an invitation to a salsa dance competition in New York. At the bottom of the invitation is a note: Please come to the competition and enter my little lady. No one but her father has ever called her that. Why has her father surfaced after all these years? Sveta wants answers even if it means entering the late-night sultry world of salsa dancing in St Petersburg and New York City and coming into uncomfortably close contact with the Russian mob.