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Submission Synopsis
On Assignment
by Steve Jennex
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Length:
71,183
Genre:
Action/Adventure
Suspense
Mainstream/Contemporary
Sentence:
When a down-on-his-luck private investigator lands a job searching for
a missing news correspondent in a faraway Caribbean nation, he quickly
discovers he's in over his head as he uncovers murder and big business
corruption.
Blurb:
It was supposed to be a dream job: a couple of weeks in the Caribbean,
jiggling bikinis and pina coladas, looking for a news correspondent gone
missing. But for private investigator Marty Kowlanko, what initially
seemed like a paid vacation quickly spirals into a conspiracy of murder,
corrupt politicians and sleazy big business. Out of his element, Marty has
to pull things together before time runs out.
Synopsis:
A network correspondent, embroiled in an affair with a famous
mistress, has gone missing in a tiny Caribbean nation, and the TV brass
want him found, quickly and quietly. Divorced and down-on-his-luck, P.I.
Marty Kowlanko flies from the mean streets of Los Angeles to the sandy
beaches of the Caribbean, only to find himself in culture shock, and with
a tough job to do. His quarry has vanished .
Aided by his newfound Caribbean friends, and contemplating the
shortcomings of his own solitary existence stateside, Marty follows a
trail of big business greed and political upheaval that stretch across
nations. With time ticking against him, he has to rely on his wits and wit
to survive and get the job done in an atmosphere of hot sun and hot sand,
hot blood and violence.
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