This edition of the Marin Ryan and John Hunter series is currently in the hands of a Hollywood screenwriter. Perhaps, it will interest you as well?
The tenacious Italian police detective has found his killer. All of the evidence—blood, ballistics, and fingerprints—implicate one person, Marin Ryan. The justice system is swift. She is convicted of murder and sentenced to life behind the heavy steel bars of an ancient Italian prison.
The victim’s wealthy father is not satisfied with the sentence. He wants her to experience a painful death behind those bars. His criminal connections will make it happen.
John Hunter won’t give up until his soul mate is freed from the wrongful conviction. Faced with crippling obstacles, the computer expert is in over his head. Marin’s family arrives in Portofino to help, and they won’t give up.
Reinvigorated, John follows a thin thread to a deserted beach on Majorca. The killer sends two bullets into John’s chest. Face down in the sand and bleeding out, his last thought is, “Mare, I’m sorry I let you down.”
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Karen Donahue’s love of the sea (boater, surfer) took her to the beautiful coast of Santa Barbara where she received her doctorate at the University of California. An expert in International law, she is a professor and chair of the Criminology Department of a Southern California university. Her research and lecturing have taken her to Europe and Africa. As a visiting researcher at the United Nations in Geneva, she has worked with the historical documents of monarchs, governments, and business leaders within their archives. Her experience as a criminology professor led her to a second career of writing mystery novels.
Thomas Donahue, through his roles as an analyst, consultant, and manager for an international corporation, has been involved in projects that took him to locations as diverse as research ships, prisons, military bases, steel foundries, and nuclear facilities. His career experiences and extensive world traveling, along with his love for the ocean (boater, diver, and surfer) have informed his writing.