This wasn't Hardy's usual brief--uncover the mysteries of a
nineteenth-century shipwreck--but he could do with an easy case and the
retainer was generous.
But is it ever that simple? Not with a notorious crime family tearing
itself apart, and an undercover cop playing both sides against the
middle. These and an alluring but fiercely ambitious female journalist
give Hardy all the trouble he can handle.
"Ever feel manipulated?" Hardy asks. The body count mounts up as he
pushes closer to the truth about the mystery and the loot.