{"product_id":"deadly-windfall-paul-t-gillcrist-9780595839650","title":"Deadly Windfall","description":"A retired U.S. Navy captain becomes an inadvertent witness to the hasty hiding of a cache of drug cartel money by felons being pursued by the police in Los Angeles. The captain is a recent widower who has just lost his retirement job with a defense contractor and is, at the moment, without purpose and motivation.\u003cp\u003e As a consequence, he makes an impulsive decision to keep the money; and goes on the run. The drug cartel is searching for him and are hot on his heels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Without any options, and with the assistance of a former shipmate, he stages his own suicide, undergoes an identity change and extensive plastic surgery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Armed with his new identity he escapes in his sailboat and makes the long solo journey across the Pacific Ocean to a small atoll near Tahiti where he finds romance and redemption. The journey becomes a voyage of discovery, self-realization, adventure and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There he is tracked down by members of the drug cartel and, in a searing confrontation at sea, his bride-to-be manages to save him by taking on the cartel in a fiercely uncharacteristic show of determination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The peculiar circumstances surrounding the mysterious, unexplained disappearance of all but one of the cartel team sent to apprehend him and recover the money; coupled with a macabre package sent anonymously to the cartel leadership, convince them to end their search.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul T. Gillcrist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595839657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595839650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul T. Gillcrist","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056891293951,"sku":"9780595839650","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_64a13f2c-7226-47a6-9003-3a1d13e0944e.jpg?v=1685043845","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deadly-windfall-paul-t-gillcrist-9780595839650","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}