COCK KEY
A Novel
There is no other place in America that can match the ragged, shattered magnificence of the long curving skeleton of coral atolls called the Florida Keys. The Keys swim in a bath water warm ocean of eccentricity, amiability, breathtaking beauty and, at times, heart stopping danger.
Psychologists Rueben Muse and Kathryn Eddy pack their bags and drop the top to motor south at the urgent summons of the mysterious master of Cayo Gallito, Cock Key. Ramses Duque is famous to many, but known by a very few. His desperate sounding mid-night call to his old friend Kathryn brings her and Rueben to his island kingdom to offer what Ramses seems unwilling to accept.
What had begun as a mission meant as mercy becomes murder, madness, manipulation and greed. Human kindness slips into a depravity of international players and consequences. Rueben and Kathie have been thrown into the deep end of the pool. Now, they must learn how to swim through dark, dangerous waters or die trying.