Treasure Coast Deceit (Treasure Coast Mystery Series) [Paperback]

Paul McElroy (Author)

Book Description

Series: Treasure Coast Mystery Series | Publication Date: October 1, 2001

Sleepy Stuart, Florida provides the setting for Federal undercover agent Mack McCray to escape a mob hit in Chicago and seek refuge under the Federal Witness Protection program. He soon discovers that his haven is the focal point for a new assignment. His new handler is a feisty, red-headed female state's attorney in West Palm Beach. Intrigue, suspense, Florida history, gut-splitting Florida 'cracker' humor, drug running, secret agents and mind control experiments are linked by a single South African coin.

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About the Author

Paul McElroy is president of Charter Industry Services, Inc. a firm that specializes in conducting professional maritime training courses. He founded CHARTER INDUSTRY magazine, a trade journal for professional captains in the maritime industry, in 1985 and has extensive writing experience in magazines and newspapers with more than 200 published articles to his credit.

Captain McElroy is also a fishing guide when time permits, received his first Coast Guard license in 1983 and operated a sport fishing charter business in Chicago for several years. He currently holds a United States Coast Guard Merhcant Marine Marine MASTERS license. He served in the United States Air Force and spent a two year tour in the Far East specializing in electronics and intelligence. He speaks Japanese and Spanish.

He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Florida State University. Prior to joining the maritime industry in 1981 Mr. McElroy was an executive in the headquarters of a major telecommunications corporation. He lives in south Florida with his wife Michi, is a member of the Florida Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America and the National Association of Maritime Educators. This is his first novel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Treasure Coast Mysteries, Inc.; First Edition edition (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971513600
• ISBN-13: 978-0971513600
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,583,393 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Treasure Coast Deciet a Treasure, November 16, 2001

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Ken Brown (Elgin, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Treasure Coast Deceit (Treasure Coast Mystery Series) (Paperback)

Who lives under the Bridge?

Florida sticks down into the ocean like a giant tongue. Like a tongue it sucks up the good and bad with no apparent differentiation as to good or bad. But it does take a piece of everything and everybody that trespasses on its sticky shores.

Paul McElvoy brings his finely developed sense of reporting, developed as a syndicated outdoor writer into the volatile world of the "trolls", misfits, fishermen, drug runners, people smugglers, and, Florida Marine Patrol, to weave a tangled tale of deceit, subtrafuge, lies and disinformation that started in the tunnels of Viet Nam, continued through the jungles of Chicago and ended with the witness protection program in a sleepy town in Florida.

For those of us who may be hiding the deeds and misdeeds of the 60's it may be time to get them out in the open. Certainly Rat, and Bear, did so. It cost one his life. Can I hear a chopper go over in the night and not feel empathy with the people under the bridge?

Who are they? People who had trouble returning to, "the world".

Were there insertions into hot zones? Was there an Operation Phoenix? What about SOG? Could this have anything to do with the smuggling of drugs and people into Eastern Florida, today?

Perhaps author McElroy's background as an electronics rotorhead in 'Nam and his current employ as a charter captain may help explain the knowledge of the 75 mph boats sans lights off Stuart and the people under the bridge.

If the reader is able to associate the tunnel rats and tiger cages of 'Nam, the witness protection program in Chicago and the move of the principle witness to Stuart with the association with a State's Attorney whose pants seem hotter than her red hair and screaming Beamer tires this is the book for you.

Perhaps the question should be: Why is it someone else under the bridge and not me? I don't know but this book will get you wondering.

I guess in the final analysis my liking the book boiled down to two things: I could put a name to everyone, and, there but for the grace of God go I.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excitement Plus Humor, November 20, 2001

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John Mongioi (Palm Bay, Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Treasure Coast Deceit (Treasure Coast Mystery Series) (Paperback)

This book is a Mystery Thriller from cover to cover. It is also full of periods of humor that will not only bring a smile to your face, but also some good healthy laughter. For us Floridians and those tourist in the Florida area, it is even more interesting as it is in an area and setting we can all relate to.

Once you start reading this book, you won't want to put it down. I find it very exciting and very believable. It is obvious the author did his homework and knows what he is talking about. Give it a try and I'll bet you will be waiting for Paul McElroy to write another book just as good as this one.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating, you won't want to put it down!!!, November 12, 2001

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Sally Snelling (Odessa, Fl USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Treasure Coast Deceit (Treasure Coast Mystery Series) (Paperback)

If you live in Florida, or not, you will want to go to these places to see if you can find these people and places. Once you start reading, you will not want to put this book down. The author has the reader wondering, is this all true? And if so, watch out, and if not, oh, the imagination! I have recommended this book to all of my frinds, and family. Great book.