Paradise Girls

Tom Towslee

Summary

Broken and disillusioned after nearly dying at the hands of a serial killer, freelance writer John Standard flees his home in Portland, Oregon, for the tropical haven of Zihuatanejo, Mexico, only to find himself reluctantly drafted into the search for the missing granddaughter of a wealthy industrialist.Standard learns that she may have become one of the Paradise Girls - young American girls who are kidnapped from their homes and forced into prostitution in Mexico.
 
His search takes him into a dark underside of life in Mexico ruled by the wealthy Raul Barrego and his mysterious female companion, an assassin known only by the name La Pantera. Can Standard find the missing girl and bring her back to safety without endangering his own life or that of others?
 
A fast-paced thriller set in the criminal underworld of Mexico, PARADISE GIRLS is the second book in Tom Towslee's John Standard series.

Available since: 04/29/2024.

Print length: 356 pages.

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