Paradiso: Crime Thriller

Fixer in trouble. Streetwise Floridian Anne has a colorful past as a hustler, model and then some. What she considered a fair and adequate retaliation against a powerful man has dire consequences and her running from the law. Hiding in the Caribbean, she meets a wealthy stranger who helps her sneak into Mediterranean Europe. Where her new business is surging and her drug habit is at a manageable level. All things considered, life is pretty good. But the authorities have not given up the pursuit, someone she knows very well is after her. Trouble arises and quickly turns into a tailspin tornado. She makes problems disappear as a fixer. But who helps with her problems? Potentially a sought-after Hollywood fixer named Bonner? Who brings his own trouble and things take a turn for the worse. After an exceptionally dangerous and dirty job, that nearly got him and his crew of Mexican ex-gang-members killed, he needs a breather. To let the heat cool down, he accepts a seemingly easy, white-collar manhunt. A fraudster took off with 500 million Dollars and the investors are...well, not happy. It doesn't hurt that this assignment requires Bonner to investigate in exclusive destinations. And having to collaborate with attractive, dangerous Anne, he wouldn't call that unacceptable either...
On his way to Europe on private jet, he hooks up with an exotic beauty. Unbeknownst to him she is a Special Agent, a nearness he would naturally avoid due to his illegal line of work. The mysterious woman is a threat to him in more than one way and he should be extremely concerned. If he only knew. A friend from his cocaine-running days back in Miami has set him up with a French connection to help with the manhunt. An idiosyncratic ex-French Foreign Legion roughneck, who deals premium coke all down the C矌e d'Azur. He has a sensitive side and regards shooting wave runners a recreational activity. But Bonner has do to something extremely risky for him first. He is confronted with abhorrent atrocities. Somebody is in a moral dilemma, promises are broken. Also, Bonner has grossly underestimated the reach of the mob. When he realizes that this assignment is his swansong, it is too late to get out. What seemed like well paid, easy lifting, has turned into a nightmare...
Most characters walk a thin line between good and bad, right and wrong. The story may challenge the reader to try a different perspective on these matters. Some actions and decisions could technically be deemed illegal, at the least, amoral. Although in the characters' opinion, they are the right thing to do under the circumstances, at that very moment and are called for in the specific situation. Most of the players have the distinct tendency to ignore prevailing perceptions, morals and beliefs, finding, that their life choices contain much more leverage than conventionally granted. Of course, this mindset comes with a high risk...

A hot plot. Hot crimes, hot women, hot properties. Luxurious cars, watches and guns. World's most exclusive handbags. Lesbianism. Colorful characters. And a fluffy Pomeranian in a strong supporting role. A wild ride, set in glamorous hot spots: Hollywood, Malibu, Venice, St. Barts, Miami and the C矌e d'Azur. But below the surface, things are not that glamorous but often rather ugly. High-end escorts and low-end gangsters, Lowriders, million Dollar handbags, a classic movie graveyard, the bending of legal conventions, severe inner and outer conflicts. Horrific crimes are juxtaposed with dark humor and pop cultural references ....