When Paul Steiger questions the authenticity of an ancient Aztec artifact—a gold cannon—he becomes a target for assassination by a one-legged contract killer . . . on a mega-yacht enroute to Norman Island in the British Virgins accompanied by eight Mafia widows with bad attitudes.

In Burt Russell Shurly; A Man of Conviction, A Life in Medicine and Education, 18711950, Robert Vanderzee continues the story of the Shurly family, focusing on a physician and educator who, with the help of his mentor, chose medicine over the military life his father had planned for him.Vanderzee, the oldest grandson of Burt Shurly, relies on his extensive research into family archives, records, and scrapbooks to share memories of a man who married into the wealthy Palms f...

Paul Steiger learns of the death of his closest friend in a shocking phone call from his friend’s mother. “Happened four days ago,” Sarabella said. “Last Friday. They’re calling it suicide. They’re full of shit.” Sarabella Norbeck was a very delicate society matron, filthy rich, and never wrong—or so she had always said. “The funeral’s tomorrow at two. Tomorrow night after the funeral, there will be a dinner at my home for special guests. I want you to attend.” Paul discovers it is a dinne...