Dangerous Friends (book 4)
A Carlos McCrary, Private Investigator, Mystery Thriller

Lots of people want to save the planet, but some people think the planet is more important than the people, and they've found a way to make a buck out of it…

Chuck McCrary is a wisecracking former Green Beret turned private investigator with a special genius for helping people in trouble—especially if they can pay him for his efforts.

Michelle Babcock, the granddaughter of South Florida’s legendary restaurateur and Chuck’s friend, Hank Hickham, has disappeared. She wakes Chuck with a 4:30 a.m. phone call, desperate for help. James Ponder, her drug addicted boyfriend, has involved her in a double murder that could put her in prison for life unless Chuck can find her a way out.

Michelle only expected free tutoring in college chemistry when she slept with James Ponder, a graduate student obsessed with global warming protests, who has a talent for ecoterrorism. Instead, she is sucked into an unhealthy circle of friendships surrounding an amoral professor whose secret agenda has yielded him millions of dollars with more loot to come. Michelle is swept up in a nightmare of political corruption, terrorism, and mega-million-dollar crimes.

Chuck uncovers a conspiracy involving arson, murder, and the Chicago mob. A mysterious millionaire has masterminded a string of mega-million-dollar stock market scams that reach back for five years. The mastermind intends to cut his losses by murdering anyone who can lead the cops back to him. That includes Michelle, Chuck, and the conscienceless professor, who becomes Chuck’s unwilling ally.

Quotes from Dangerous Friends:

I make it a policy never to argue with people who are pointing a gun at me. Especially nervous, twitchy, crazy people.

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“If you don’t toot your own horn, there will be no music.”

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“They sent only three shooters after me. It’s practically an insult.”

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Howard chuckled. “I got a captain like that too. He’s tight as a pair of two-dollar shoes.”

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Snoop Snopolski: “I’m not lazy; I crave efficiency of movement.”

Dangerous Friends, published in September 2015, has received 24 reader reviews with 4.7 average stars on Amazon as of February 11, 2019. Read Reviews...