Escape from Ambergris Caye

ISBN-13: 9781523726868 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 334 str.

MS Joan a. Mauch

Opis

While covering Tampa's Pirate Festival, TV cameraman, Jackson Taylor pans his camera to a balcony and sees a girl being forced inside by an angry-looking man. She appeared frightened and it bothers him. He shares what he saw with his attractive on-air reporter, Izzie Campbell. She tells him to stop obsessing; that the kid was probably acting up and her dad was making her mind him. Unable to put it out of his mind, Jackson recalls having heard about the unsavory business of human trafficking. He researches the topic and learns it is happening everywhere-possibly right in front of them. Although Izzie tells him he's overreacting, she decides to check it out on her own thinking there might be a story in it that could give her career a boost. Returning to Ybor City and the house with the balcony, she is standing on the sidewalk when the man from the videotape comes out and, invites her up for a drink. She declines, but decides to accept next time so she can check on the girl. When she subsequently fails to show up for work for several days, Jackson expresses concern to his hard-boiled boss who says to forget about her, that girls like Izzie walk out on jobs all the time. Defying his boss' orders, Jackson pursues the matter and is warned to focus on his work-or else lose the dream job he worked so hard to get. Instead Jackson and his free-spirit, deadbeat brother, Zac, follow leads that quickly get them in over their heads. They end up in Ambergris Caye, an island off the coast of Belize, where they must fight, not only to save Izzie's life-but their own. ESCAPE FROM AMBERGRIS will appeal to those who enjoy an action-packed mystery along with a glimpse into the horrific crime of human trafficking.