Jon F Merz

Danger-Close Jon F Merz

For Jake Thunder, a paralyzed ex-US Air Force special operations commando, everyday life is a battle. A hard-boiled, hard-drinking womanizer on one hand, Jake also tries to learn from the wisdom of his Native American past while trying to revive his dead legs through holistic acupuncture treatments. When a knockout blonde strides into his office and demands he figure out who killed her sister, he doesn't dare refuse - especially after he gets a good view of her legs. But a simple "whodunit" soon becomes a tangled web of deceit, familial backstabbing and black-market baby dealing involving everyone from the Russian Mafia to the Defense Intelligence Agency...all of them gunning for Jake!This is the first Jake Thunder novel, originally published in hardcover in 2004 by FiveStar Mysteries. The author's website is http: //www.jonfmerz.netPraise for DANGER-CLOSE: "...lickety-split narrative manages to be both gritty and cheeky...[with] an effective surprise twist."--The Kirkus Review (October 2004) (Kirkus Review