Bøker av Zane Smith

The name of the town should have been a clue. But when Helen, Roger, their daughter, Clair, and her friend, Heather, wanted an off-the-beaten-path interlude on their way to Ft. Lauderdale, they decided to stay at the Spa at Wicked Stop. Helen and Clair have a bad feeling ... but Roger overrules them. "Off the beaten path" is no exaggeration, but when they arrive on the palatial grounds of the Spa, Helen and Claire are relieved. Then while registering, they are ushered into a smaller room and locked in. Alarmed, then terrified, they can't even imagine the horrors that await them. They are determined to fight for their lives at every turn of this nightmarish tale that will have you on the edge of your seat ....

"Zane Smith writes with a sharp-pencil accuracy, his fiction grounded in his experience as a CEO and as a career counselor. That makes for a damn good read ..."- Pamela Paige, former assistant editor, Sunday Magazine"I've had to look for work from time to time. It's not fun. But Smith knows how to translate the pain and frustration into an entertaining novel. Bravo!"- H.L. Osterman, The Strange Case of Cavendish: Second TakeThis novel traces the desperate efforts of one such white-collar worker's unsuccessful efforts to find a job. After exhausting every possibility, he turns to crime to keep from becoming homeless. He and his Mexican girlfriend, dressed as salvation Armey volunteers, ""mule"" cartel money from the USA to Sinaloa, the home of the Mexican cartel. But she betrays him and he finds himself trapped in Mexico fighting for his life.