What Evil Lurks

By John O'Bryan

Three violent deaths on Valentine's Day, 1960 stun the residents of a small southwestern Florida city. The coroner's inquest rules it a case of murder and suicide by an aggrieved wife. But the seventy-year-old editor of the local newspaper is convinced it is something other than just a case of jealousy, revenge and remorse. When his long-time antagonist, the Chief of Police, retires, he has little hope his successor will continue the investigation. Believing a New York-based businessman, eager to buy and develop the estate of the deceased, may be behind the deaths, he sends his young reporter around Florida and up to New York to investigate. The investigation reveals a company with numerous criminal connections and supports both a motive and means for carrying out the murders. Back home, the editor meets with reluctance from the State Attorney, a close friend of his family, to pursue the case. As he proceeds on his own to reveal the truth, he puts not only his business, but his wife, at risk.From the backwaters of the Everglades to the streets of New York, from an out-of-state developer eager to make a quick fortune to an ambitious attorney running for the U. S. Congress, evil lurks like an alligator in the swamp. In this fast-paced novel friendships are strained, loyalties are tested, and in the end old animosities are put aside to make a daring rescue.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479262056
• ISBN13: 9781479262052
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"