The Babylon Deception

by Ray Pace

A simple business trip from Las Vegas to San Francisco gets complicated by fires, drug pushers, and neo-Nazis. Did we mention street gangs, plutonium, and gold bars? It's another heartwarming episode in the lives of our two favorite wise guys, Nick and Jimmy, who made it through with only a few scratches in Disappearing A Las Vegas Love Story, Sort of..., the first book in the Wise Guys You'll Love If You Know What's Good For You series.

Kindle Edition

Published August 2, 2021

About the author

About Ray Pace

Veteran print and broadcast writer Ray Pace is a member of the Authors Guild and the Alliance of Independent Authors. He is founding President of the Hawaii Writers Guild, and a member of the Waimea Writers Support Group.

His works of fiction are:
Disappearing Act: A Las Vegas Love Story, Sort Of...https://amzn.to/2MYIBKy
Hemingway in Hawaii http://bitly.ws/3Y6u
Bearstone Blackie, Detective http://bitly.ws/3Y6x
Captain Mike's Honolulu Fright Night Tour, a ghost story. http://bitly.ws/3Y6z

His book, Hemingway, Memories of Les is a memoir dealing with Pace's friendship with Leicester Hemingway, author of My Brother, Ernest Hemingway. http://bitly.ws/3Y6D

Some of the places Ray Pace has worked as a writer:
Newspapers:
The Miami News, Miami, Florida
The Ft. Lauderdale/Broward Tribune, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
West Hawaii Today, Waimea, Hawaii

Magazines:
Miami Magazine, Miami, Florida
Florida Keys Magazine, Key West, Florida
Honolulu Magazine, Honolulu, Hawaii
Beckett Baseball,
Beckett Football,
Beckett Basketball, Dallas, Texas

Broadcast News and Public Affairs:
WAXY, Miami/ Ft. Lauderdale
WSBR, Boca Raton
WCAI, Ft. Myers
WIIS, Key West
KHVH, Honolulu

Pace has also worked for a consortium of record and video labels, handling publicity for the San Francisco Bay Area. The fifty labels featured jazz, country, new age, and blues. He lives in Waikoloa Village on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Reviews

[Gail Baugniet · Rating 5 out of 5]

The clever layout of the novel took me by surprise. Layer after layer of plot peels back as clues and foreshadowing offer more questions than answers. Wiseguy-bumbling Nick and Jimmy are Vegas casino owners tasked with ordering pool tables and settling a house sale in California. Woven into these simple tasks are unexpected missteps that tie scenes together seamlessly to a satisfying climax. Humor is subtle, action is wide, and reader satisfaction is 5-star.

[Mary Walsh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nick & Jimmy are back and better than ever!! Follow these two lovable Wise Guys to San Francisco on an adventure they'll never forget. Mr. Pace keeps the action going and the dialog fun. I laughed out loud several times. Can't wait for the next one!

[E.R. Yatscoff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nick and Jimmy are 'fixers' for a casino in Vegas whose owners live in Chicago. An innocuous trip for their casino bosses to SF to check out a mansion with a checkered past leads to all kinds of problems. High interest with some intrigue. You might even like these two.