Caribbean Moon (A Manny Williams Thriller, Book One)
by Rick Murcer
in its Audible Audio Edition, Unabridged!
Small-town detective/workaholic, Manny Williams, is thrilled with the prospect of finally taking the long-awaited vacation he had promised his wife, Louise.
The couple’s exotic getaway begins in sunny San Juan, Puerto Rico, by attending the June wedding of a fellow Lansing police officer, followed with an incredible week-long Southern Caribbean cruise on the glamorous Ocean Duchess. Tropical paradise appears to be a perfect recipe for desperately needed R and R…until the first dead body.
A bizarre, seemingly random murder in their posh San Juan Hotel, and the heinous cruise ship deaths of two of Lansing’s law enforcement family, brings Manny, and his unique skills, out of cruise mode and head-long into the FBI-led investigation. Manny soon discovers that in this killer’s twisted perception nothing is off limits, prompting a race against time that could cost him everything.
If you like edge-of-your-seat thrillers laced with humor, you’ll love this!
I live in Michigan and graduated from Michigan State University. I’ve been married longer than my wife likes to admit, and have two grown children, three beautiful grandkids, and a blind black Lab named Max, who serves as my “writing” dog. He pushes me hard to get to the writing room each morning so he can snore on his rug while I do all the work!
I’m an older writer. I started about eight years ago and got the first story I ever wrote, Herb’s Home Run, published in Writer’s Journal. I’ve been hooked since then.
I lost my real job three years ago and after 600 resumes with no luck, decided I was going to make it as a writer, and here I am. Caribbean Moon was a labor of love, and writing it taught me more about myself than I cared to know. (My wife thinks I should keep my mind a secret!)
I’ve finished the second book in this series, Deceitful Moon, and the third, Emerald Moon. The fourth, Caribbean Rain, is now available as is the fifth, Carolina Rain. Plus my first venture into the horror realm, 413 is available as a short story. We’ve also published an anthology, The Killing Sands with six other best-selling mystery authors.
I’ve not made it yet, but we’re on that road, and I want to be a living example that with hard work and God’s blessing, you can do anything.