Sunset Blues

by Bob Adamov

A mysterious explosion destroys the bayfront home of investigative reporter Emerson Moore's Aunt Anne in Put-in-Bay. His aunt has vanished. Was she kidnapped? Is there a connection to the nefarious activities by Russians running London-style taxis on Lake Erie's South Bass Island and in Key West? Is her apparent abduction part of a vendetta against Moore? Moore initially enlists island entertainer Mike “Mad Dog” Adams to help uncover the clues to finding his aunt. Their search takes them from a major scuffle in Detroit with drug lord Ruslan Zharkov to Key West where they recruit a team of easily sidetracked and hilarious reprobates led by local mischief-maker Chuck Meier. As the tension mounts and the net tightens, Moore has the unsettling feeling that the worst has befallen his aunt. Along the way, Moore uncovers a shocking surprise as to who was behind her disappearance - someone who has a score to settle with Moore. With the clock ticking, the stakes are stacked against successfully finding her alive. As Moore struggles emotionally just to get through each day with little progress, he finds himself on a collision course with the cunning Zharkov. Sunset Blues is a fast-paced, action-packed, mystery adventure with ambushes, deadly shootouts, betrayal, cruelty and cast of unforgettable characters. The author and his Emerson Moore mystery adventure series can be found at www.BobAdamov.com.

224 pages, Hardcover

Published April 1, 2022

About the author

Bob Adamov is an Ohio-based mystery adventure writer whose stories are based in the Lake Erie South Bass Island resort town of Put-in-Bay, the “Key West of the Midwest.” His novels follow the adventures of Washington Post investigative reporter, Emerson Moore, and are written in the style of Adamov’s favorite author, Clive Cussler.

Adamov was the featured author at the 2006 Ernest Hemingway Days’ Literary Festival in Key West and named 2010’s Writer of the Year by the University of Akron’s Wayne College.

His first novel, Rainbow’s End, was a finalist as the top fiction novel for the 2003 Great Lakes Book Award competition that was won by the Pulitzer Prize-winner, Middlesex.

All of his novels were rated “5 Stars” by the Midwest Book Review and named as top novels in northeast Ohio by the Akron Beacon Journal. His novels have won awards at the Hollywood Book Festival, London Book Festival, New York Book Festival, Florida Book Festival and the Indie Awards.

He was a guest author at the 2008, 2010, 2015 & 2017 Clive Cussler Collectors Society Convention where he met his hero, Clive Cussler, and toured his car collection. Mr. Cussler endorsed Adamov’s fifth book - “The Other Side of Hell is a great read!”

“Bob Adamov is a superb craftsman of hanging-on-the-edge-of-your-seat mystery adventures…” - Midwest Book Review

Adamov’s favorite authors include Brad Thor, Mark Twain, Ian Fleming, Jack Higgins, and Alistair MacLean. He strives to emulate his favorite author, Clive Cussler, and created a character similar to Cussler’s Dirk Pitt.

His latest novel, Golden Torpedo, was released in July 2017. It continues the popular Emerson Moore series and Adamov’s string of island best sellers which include Rainbow’s End, Pierce the Veil, When Rainbows Walk, Promised Land, The Other Side of Hell, Tan Lines, Sandustee, Zenobia and Missing.

A Kent State University graduate, Adamov resides in Wooster, Ohio. He often can be seen in Put-in-Bay, Key West and the Cayman Islands with his scuba diving, boating and treasure hunting friends. He had worked for an Arlington, Virginia-based defense contractor in the intelligence sector.

Adamov is drafting the next novel in the series – Chincoteague Calm involving mysterious NASA rocket explosions and covert Russian and Chinese saboteurs on Chincoteague Island in Virginia. He is also working on Flight, which deals with a mystery surrounding former Bellevue resident and railroad tycoon Henry Flager and a train to Key West.