The King's Collar. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.The King's Collar

"A riveting historical thriller full of likable characters and intrigue." -Sybil Johnson, author of the Aurora Anderson mysteries

Boston, May 1929. Expelled from Harvard and disowned by his father, Charlie Bohannon is down to his last nickel when he stumbles across a chance at salvation: a priceless Egyptian statuette hiding in the smoky recesses of a speakeasy. Learning it was stolen from a long-ago expedition led by his college dean, he sees returning it as his only shot at redemption-but the plan shatters when the artifact is stolen and the thief is murdered.

From the corrupt halls of power where Joseph Kennedy pulls the strings to the seedy docks of the Atlantic, Charlie suddenly finds himself in the crosshairs of several dangerous men. They don't just want the statue; they want its legendary counterpart: the jewel-encrusted King's Collar. They think Charlie can find it. And they'll happily kill for it.

Aided in his quest to find the King's Collar by daring socialite Olivia and salty ex-sailor Punchy, Charlie plunges into a shadow-game where killers hide in plain sight. When his friends are kidnapped, the hunt for the Collar becomes a race against time. In the cutthroat world of the Prohibition era, Charlie must find the treasure-or pay for it with their lives.

Jeff Tanner, holds a PhD in marketing, published fifteen books on sales and marketing (including two bestselling textbooks), and spent a career in higher education, retiring as dean of the Strome College of Business at Old Dominion University. While at ODU, he wrote and hosted a daily business show on regional NPR. In addition to nonfiction, he's published short stories in several anthologies and several plays. He and his wife split time between Dayton, Ohio, and Virginia's Eastern Shore, sharing both homes with Boo, a four-pound Maltese. To add some excitement, they also own and race thoroughbreds when not chasing grandchildren.