Murder, sunken treasure, and pirates both ancient and modern send Doc Ford on a nightmare quest in this New York Times bestseller in Randy Wayne White's thrilling series.
Marine biologist Doc Ford has been known to help his friends out of jams occasionally, but he's never faced a situation like this.
His old pal Carl Fitzpatrick has been chasing sunken wrecks most of his life, but now he's run afoul of the Florida Division of Historical...

Doc Ford has long lived a double life. This time, it may finally have caught up to him. The electrifying new thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author.
 
     “I’ll make an example of someone close to you.”
     On a moonless night on Sanibel Island, Florida, marine biologist Marion “Doc” Ford carefully watches a video of a...

Randy Wayne White has scored numerous hits with his New York Times best-selling Doc Ford novels. Standing outside New York City's Explorers Club, Ford anxiously awaits his newest acquaintance, an attractive U.S. senator. Upon her arrival, she is the victim of a kidnapping attempt. The plot is foiled, but a young man in her company is taken instead. Ford must then race against time to rescue him and save him from a most horrifying demise.

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Trapped underwater when a cave collapses in the remote Florida lake they are exploring, Doc Ford escapes and begins a desperate effort to rescue his two companions when he is intercepted by a murderous pair of ex-cons who are searching for a sunken treasure.

Doc Ford's old friend, General Juan Garcia, has gone into the lucrative business of smuggling Cuban baseball players into the U.S. He is also feasting on profits made by buying historical treasures for pennies on the dollar. He prefers what dealers call HPC items--high-profile collectibles--but when he manages to obtain a collection of letters written by Fidel Castro between 1960-62 to a secret girlfriend, it's not a matter of money anymore. Garcia...

Both Doc Ford and his friend Tomlinson have buried secrets. Now one of those secrets may be coming alive -- with a vengeance. While trying to solve one of Florida's most puzzling mysteries -- the sudden disappearance of five Navy planes one winter night in 1945 -- Doc Ford is the target of a murder attempt by someone who wants to make it look like an accident. Or is the target actually Tomlinson? Whatever the answer, the liveaboards and fishing guides...