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Carlos McCrary #6
McCrary's Justice
The remarkable Carlos McCrary takes readers on a thrill ride in McCrary’s Justice, his most explosive novel yet.
Nebraska farmer Wilbur Jenkins receives three cryptic text messages from his missing daughter, Liz, claiming that she is held captive as a sex slave in Port City, Florida, the sun-splashed metropolis in South Florida. Jenkins grabs the next flight to Port City and begs the cops to find his daughter. But Wilbur Jenkins admits that Liz left home of her own free will, and the text messages came from the cell phone of Antonio Crucero, a mysterious diplomat from the Caribbean island Republic of San Cristobal. How would Liz have gotten access to a diplomat’s phone? Crucero’s diplomatic immunity protects him—and his cellphone—from investigation by U.S. law officers, and he refuses to cooperate with the police.
With no proof of an actual kidnapping and few clues in the text messages, police detective Jorge Castellano sends the distraught father to Carlos McCrary.
Carlos “Chuck” McCrary is a wisecracking private investigator with a special genius for helping people in trouble, like when he cleared Jorge Castellano from a bogus murder charge and saved his life and his career (Double Fake, Double Murder, Carlos McCrary novel book 2). A former Green Beret and police detective, McCrary left the Port City Police so he could do the right thing for people without worrying about trivialities like “due process” and “reasonable cause.”
In the search for Liz Jenkins, McCrary uncovers a cesspool of sexual slavery and drug trafficking that stretches from South Florida to Switzerland to the Caribbean. And Crucero has his fingers all over the operation.
Crucero’s diplomatic status protects him from the reach of U.S. law, but it won’t protect him from Carlos McCrary. McCrary has his own brand of justice and sets out to destroy Crucero any way he can—diplomatic immunity be damned.
One of Crucero’s drug dealers is Alena Cernan, a beautiful, ruthless blonde who leads a gang of Slovenian criminals. During his investigation, McCrary runs afoul of the Slovenian mobsters and has to fight for his life in the swamps of the Everglades where the mobsters’ guns aren’t the only danger.
McCrary goes undercover into the mountain citadel of a Caribbean drug distributor and into the secret headquarters of a merciless South Florida drug cartel.
When the Slovenians kidnap McCrary’s fiancée in revenge, he must invade their heavily-armed stronghold or risk never seeing her again. Facing formidable opposition, McCrary fields a private army of his own trusted friends: Thomas “Tank” Tyler, Hall of Fame NFL defensive lineman, six and a half feet of muscle and courage. Raymond “Snoop” Snopolski, McCrary’s occasional partner who can shoot the eye of a fly at 50 feet. Jorge Castellano, police detective and Iraq war veteran. Kelly Contreras, police detective, and occasional girlfriend of Tank Tyler.
Nebraska farmer Wilbur Jenkins receives three cryptic text messages from his missing daughter, Liz, claiming that she is held captive as a sex slave in Port City, Florida, the sun-splashed metropolis in South Florida. Jenkins grabs the next flight to Port City and begs the cops to find his daughter. But Wilbur Jenkins admits that Liz left home of her own free will, and the text messages came from the cell phone of Antonio Crucero, a mysterious diplomat from the Caribbean island Republic of San Cristobal. How would Liz have gotten access to a diplomat’s phone? Crucero’s diplomatic immunity protects him—and his cellphone—from investigation by U.S. law officers, and he refuses to cooperate with the police.
With no proof of an actual kidnapping and few clues in the text messages, police detective Jorge Castellano sends the distraught father to Carlos McCrary.
Carlos “Chuck” McCrary is a wisecracking private investigator with a special genius for helping people in trouble, like when he cleared Jorge Castellano from a bogus murder charge and saved his life and his career (Double Fake, Double Murder, Carlos McCrary novel book 2). A former Green Beret and police detective, McCrary left the Port City Police so he could do the right thing for people without worrying about trivialities like “due process” and “reasonable cause.”
In the search for Liz Jenkins, McCrary uncovers a cesspool of sexual slavery and drug trafficking that stretches from South Florida to Switzerland to the Caribbean. And Crucero has his fingers all over the operation.
Crucero’s diplomatic status protects him from the reach of U.S. law, but it won’t protect him from Carlos McCrary. McCrary has his own brand of justice and sets out to destroy Crucero any way he can—diplomatic immunity be damned.
One of Crucero’s drug dealers is Alena Cernan, a beautiful, ruthless blonde who leads a gang of Slovenian criminals. During his investigation, McCrary runs afoul of the Slovenian mobsters and has to fight for his life in the swamps of the Everglades where the mobsters’ guns aren’t the only danger.
McCrary goes undercover into the mountain citadel of a Caribbean drug distributor and into the secret headquarters of a merciless South Florida drug cartel.
When the Slovenians kidnap McCrary’s fiancée in revenge, he must invade their heavily-armed stronghold or risk never seeing her again. Facing formidable opposition, McCrary fields a private army of his own trusted friends: Thomas “Tank” Tyler, Hall of Fame NFL defensive lineman, six and a half feet of muscle and courage. Raymond “Snoop” Snopolski, McCrary’s occasional partner who can shoot the eye of a fly at 50 feet. Jorge Castellano, police detective and Iraq war veteran. Kelly Contreras, police detective, and occasional girlfriend of Tank Tyler.
355 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 18, 2016
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About the author
Dallas Gorham
26 books15 followersDallas Gorham is a sixth-generation Texan and a proud Texas Longhorn, having earned a Bachelor of Business Administration at the University of Texas at Austin. He graduated in the top three-quarters of his class, maybe.
Dallas is also a reluctant Dallas Cowboy fan (Cowboy fans: You know how it is. But he has no choice… He’s named after them, sort of.) Like his fictional hero, Chuck McCrary, he now lives in Florida in a waterfront home, where he has followed his lifelong love of reading mysteries and thrillers into writing them.
Dallas is an active member of the Florida Writers Association and a Senior Affiliate member of Mystery Writers of America. He chairs the Central Florida discussion group meetings of the Florida Chapter of the MWA, because no one else will take the post.
Dallas, the writer, and his wife moved to Florida years ago to escape Dallas, the city, winters (Brrrr. Way too cold) and summers (Whew. Way too hot). He is also a reluctant fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Miami Dolphins. (NFL fans living in Florida: You know how it is. But again, Dallas has little choice since he now a Floridian.)
Like his fictional hero, Chuck McCrary, he lives in Florida in a waterfront home where he and his wife watch the sunset over the lake most days and where he has followed his lifelong love of reading mysteries and thrillers into writing them in his home office. He is a member of Mystery Writers of America and the Florida Writers Association. He also chairs the Central Florida annex meetings of the Florida Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America because he can’t get anyone else to take the post.
When not writing fiction, Dallas is frequent (but bad) golfer. He plays about once a week because that is all the abuse he can stand. One of his goals in life is to find more golf balls than he loses. He also is an accomplished liar (is this true?) and defender of down-trodden palm trees.
Dallas is married to his one-and-only wife who treats him far better than he deserves. They have two grown sons whom they are inordinately proud of. They also have seven grandchildren who are the smartest, most handsome, and most beautiful grandchildren in the known universe. He and his wife spend waaaay too much money on their love of travel. They have visited all 50 states and over 90 foreign countries, the most recent of which was Morocco, where their cruise ship stopped at Agadir (don’t bother).
Dallas writes a blog at http://dallasgorham.com that is sometimes funny, but not nearly as funny as he thinks. The website also has more information about his books. If you have too much time on your hands, you can follow him on Twitter at @DallasGorham, or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DallasGorham.
Dallas is also a reluctant Dallas Cowboy fan (Cowboy fans: You know how it is. But he has no choice… He’s named after them, sort of.) Like his fictional hero, Chuck McCrary, he now lives in Florida in a waterfront home, where he has followed his lifelong love of reading mysteries and thrillers into writing them.
Dallas is an active member of the Florida Writers Association and a Senior Affiliate member of Mystery Writers of America. He chairs the Central Florida discussion group meetings of the Florida Chapter of the MWA, because no one else will take the post.
Dallas, the writer, and his wife moved to Florida years ago to escape Dallas, the city, winters (Brrrr. Way too cold) and summers (Whew. Way too hot). He is also a reluctant fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Miami Dolphins. (NFL fans living in Florida: You know how it is. But again, Dallas has little choice since he now a Floridian.)
Like his fictional hero, Chuck McCrary, he lives in Florida in a waterfront home where he and his wife watch the sunset over the lake most days and where he has followed his lifelong love of reading mysteries and thrillers into writing them in his home office. He is a member of Mystery Writers of America and the Florida Writers Association. He also chairs the Central Florida annex meetings of the Florida Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America because he can’t get anyone else to take the post.
When not writing fiction, Dallas is frequent (but bad) golfer. He plays about once a week because that is all the abuse he can stand. One of his goals in life is to find more golf balls than he loses. He also is an accomplished liar (is this true?) and defender of down-trodden palm trees.
Dallas is married to his one-and-only wife who treats him far better than he deserves. They have two grown sons whom they are inordinately proud of. They also have seven grandchildren who are the smartest, most handsome, and most beautiful grandchildren in the known universe. He and his wife spend waaaay too much money on their love of travel. They have visited all 50 states and over 90 foreign countries, the most recent of which was Morocco, where their cruise ship stopped at Agadir (don’t bother).
Dallas writes a blog at http://dallasgorham.com that is sometimes funny, but not nearly as funny as he thinks. The website also has more information about his books. If you have too much time on your hands, you can follow him on Twitter at @DallasGorham, or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DallasGorham.
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September 1, 2020
The book was so educative in the evil scourge of child trafficking. Because of the was it was written I got scared to read of what happens in the twisted minds of this people
Excellent book
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