The Veiled Lagoon - Paperback

by Henry Hoffman (Author)

Following a tip from a prospective client, young private investigator Adam Fraley is soon on the trail of a killer cop, a top sheriff's detective who is about to get away with his wife's murder. The winding trail eventually leads Fraley half way around the world to remote stretches of Siberia in an effort to build his case. In time, the dueling detectives find themselves operating behind enemy lines, targeting respectively the two women at the center of their lives. In the end, what starts out as a battle of wits takes a terrifying turn when the sheriff's detective, foreseeing his demise, decides to exact an unconscionable measure of revenge on the person he holds most responsible for his downfall.

Author Biography

Henry Hoffman is a former public library director and newspaper editor whose fiction and non-fiction works have appeared in a variety of literary and trade publications. He is the author of four previous novels, including Bridge to Oblivion, the first of the Adam Fraley mystery/detective series, which received the Florida Publishers Association's Gold Medal Award for Florida Fiction. He is a resident of Southwest Florida