Red Right Return

(ebook) In Buck Reilly, John H. Cunningham has created a new sort of hero. Part quirky Parrothead PI, part Indiana Jones, with just a touch of My Name is Earl, he's a man sure to gain traction in the imagination of adventure lovers everywhere. More everyman than superman, Buck Reilly could best be described as a reluctant hero in search of redemption. Buck Reilly wants only three things out of life: A plane to fly, a treasure to find, and a beautiful woman to rescue. He'll get his...
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(ebook) In Buck Reilly, John H. Cunningham has created a new sort of hero. Part quirky Parrothead PI, part Indiana Jones, with just a touch of My Name is Earl, he's a man sure to gain traction in the imagination of adventure lovers everywhere. More everyman than superman, Buck Reilly could best be described as a reluctant hero in search of redemption. Buck Reilly wants only three things out of life: A plane to fly, a treasure to find, and a beautiful woman to rescue. He'll get his chance at all three in John H. Cunningham's new thriller, Red Right Return. Set against the stunning scenery and freaky fabulousness of the Florida Keys, Cunningham joins the ranks of Hiaasen, MacDonald, Buffett, White and Papa himself in a rich new series for thrill seekers everywhere.But Buck Reilly is no ordinary hero. A product of his times and ours, too, he's laying low and trying to fly under the radar in the aftermath of economic catastrophe, family tragedy, and a search for personal redemption that might well have Papa turning in his grave. He's a nice guy who's determined not to finish last, but as he faces down the dark forces of Santero priests, the underbelly of the Havana underworld and one pissed- off agent from the FBI, he sometimes wonders if he'll get to finish at all.Back in his bad old days on Wall Street, Buck ran e-Antiquity, plundering the world's treasures, (and a few of his investors'; pockets) for some pretty handsome profit. He wasn't a bad guy back then, he just didn't know any better. But life turned ugly for this former Wall Street darling when the market crashed, the company cratered and the FBI investigated the bankruptcy. When his marriage ended and his parents were killed in a car crash, Buck found out for certain that business wasn't just business anymore.These days, Buck's a lot like the rest of us--trying to make ends meet and hoping for better times. He augments a stipend from his parents' estate with The Last Resort Salvage and Charter company, flying a 1946 Grumman Widgeon, hunting for sunken treasure and taking on an occasional passenger, no questions asked.In Red Right Return, events unfold with the speed and punch of a Tarentino film script when Buck drops a beautiful one-way charter at a boat in the Dry Tortugas. When the girl goes missing, Buck is hired by her father to get her back, placing him smack in the middle of a case that involves kidnapping, smuggling, missionaries, sunken treasure, bloody birds and boozy nights in the search for one missing girl. Buck's own cover is blown when his investigative antics land him in a Havana jail and he's accused of being a spy. The news makes CNN, the FBI gets involved, and the whole situation threatens to blow the lid off 40 years of uneasy detente between the US and Cuba.