{"product_id":"smoke-on-the-water-douglas-buckland-9781917411479","title":"Smoke on the Water: When the going gets tough, the tough get creative","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen investigative journalist Taeng Skeete uncovers a Chinese plot to overthrow the government of Barbados, she paints a target on her back.\u003c\/b\u003e When the boat she is on explodes at sea she is presumed dead, but she survives and washes up on a private island belonging to Cody Morgan, a reclusive engineering savant with a colorful past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCody couldn't care less about politics, but Taeng's story, and the fact that Taeng isn't hard on the eyes, lights a fire in Cody and he decides to get involved and to bring his resources and connections to the party. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne thing leads to another and in between boat chases in an old torpedo boat, covert flights in an old Japanese reconnaissance plane, and organizing the response to the planned Chinese coup, there is still time left over for some serious flirting between Taeng and Cody. Who said that foiling coups had to be all work and no play? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the time Taeng washes up on Cody's island, every move seems designed to drive them closer to final showdown with Taeng's nemesis and inadvertently, to each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Buckland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1917411472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917411479\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mirador Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Douglas Buckland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801135427839,"sku":"9781917411479","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/smoke-on-the-water-douglas-buckland-9781917411479","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}