Graham Carde points his camera at Devil's Chair Island and watches as a murder by drowning seems to take place. But when Carde tries to report the killing, conservation offices and police want no part of his story. Carde is a former soldier and helicopter pilot and a current hunter, fisherman and caretaker of a luxurious island house in a stretch of Canada's cottage country. He's also a stubborn, curious and resourceful man with a Mountie as a girlfriend.
What's going on at Devil's Chair Island and other parts of a remote park on the northern shore of Lake Superior? Did he see a cult-style murder? Why is part of this giant park under the control of a gang of racists from the United States? When Carde tries to find out, he opens a can of snakes with guns. The action is often, the answers are fascinating and the tale is a thrill to read.
Devil's Chair is the fourth novel in the Crisis Series by G. R. Daniels. The series begins with The Russian Crisis, a free book at Smashwords, Barnes & Noble and other online publishers.
The Russian Crisis introduces Jackson Phillips, a former general, spy and founder of a military software company in Toronto. Phillips has retired to Shield Island on Ontario's Georgian Bay, part of the Great Lakes chain. He's called back to take over his company after the theft of source code of some of the most advanced military software in the world. To rescue his company from the crisis, Phillips has to deal with his hand-picked successor, a CEO who isn't interested in finding the executive that made off with the code. Phillips has to beat the Russian GRU to the prize before they can buy the code from the mysterious thief known only as The Voice.
Phillips and his colleagues have to protect themselves and the company from other attackers and demonstrators threatening to bring down Jackson Phillips Incorporated and the man himself. Can Phillips win against adversaries on all sides?
The second book in the Crisis Series is Crisis In The Cold. Jackson is at his cottage on Shield Island when he sees the body of a man on the ice just metres from his home. He calls the RCMP, the famed Mounties, who have this military supplier on their special protection list. But the man on the ice becomes a very personal matter for Jackson and his company. The dead man is a CIA agent. That leads Jackson to a Chinese assassin with a surprising assignment. And that takes Jackson and the reader to an intricate plot involving a vengeful GRU captain and another attack on Jackson Phillips Incorporated. The action is even hotter in Crisis In The Cold.
The third book in the Crisis Series is Double Down Deadly. Graham Carde and his Mountie girlfriend Marion Hartz come into their own as strong characters in this thrilling story. Graham is, nominally, the caretaker and housekeeper of Jackson's large and swank cottage on Georgian Bay. A former soldier, pilot, short order cook and current hunting and fishing guide, Carde needs all his skills as he is dragged into several life-threatening crises. His story begins with an attempt on his life by a mystery diver trying to recover sniper rifles from the depths of the bay. Then Carde and Marion face dangers as they come to the aid of a hotel-keeper whose bayside resort is under attack.
Why would a Mexican cartel want a patch of land in Canada's cottage country? What has a factory in Toronto got to do with a U.S. smuggling operation? Why is a housekeeper facing men with guns as he tries to keep out of the way of the RCMP and keep on his girlfriend's good side? Doubled Down Deadly really does double down the thrills and suspense that are hallmarks of...