Nicotine Kiss: An Amos Walker Novel

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Sometimes friendship is the only thing you can count on. Just before Thanksgiving an old friend cigarette smuggler Jeff Starzek saved private detective Amos Walkers life by getting him to the hospital when he was shot. After New Years Walker gets a frantic call from Starzeks sister. Jeffs missing; hasnt been in touch for weeks. Its just not like him. Now Walker still gimpy and rehabbing is trying to find Starzek. All he has to go on is his knowledge of Starzeks territory--the Lake Huron shore north of Detroit--and a tip from Homeland Security agent Herbert Clemson. Clemson who is also looking for Starzek says the missing man might be connected to counterfeiters with ties to terrorists. Walker cant really see Starzek getting involved in a scheme so different from his usual line of work. When he visits the mans brother a minister of an evangelical church Walker finds a huge stack of treasury paper perfect for printing $20 bills--but Starzeks brother is also missing. The counterfeiters are damn serious--serious enough to make Starzeks brother disappear and serious enough to try and kill Walker when he pokes around their operation. Hell of a way to protect an investment. But Walker gimpy in pain cold and tired cant give up on Starzek. Its a matter of friendship and he wont let down a friend. He just hopes his loyalty doesnt get him killed.