John H. Cunningham

ry hero. A product of his times and ours, too, he’s laying low and trying to fly under the radar in the aftermath of economic catastrophe, family tragedy, and a search for personal redemption that might well have Papa turning in his grave. He’s a nice guy who‘s determined not to finish last, but as he faces down the dark forces of Santero priests, the underbelly of the Havana underworld and one pi**ed- off agent from the FBI, he sometimes wonders if he’ll get to finish at all. Back in his bad old days on Wall Street, Buck ran e-Antiquity, plundering the world’s treasures, (and a few of his investors’ pockets) for some pretty handsome profit. He wasn’t a bad guy back then, he just didn’t know any better. But life turned ugly for this former Wall Street darling when the market crashed, the company cratered and the FBI investigated the bankruptcy. When his marriage ended and his parents were killed in a car crash, Buck found out for certain that business wasn’t just business anymore. These days, Buck’s a lot like the rest of us—trying to make ends meet and hoping for better times. He augments a stipend from his parents’ estate with The Last Resort Salvage and Charter company, flying a 1946 amphibious Grumman Widgeon, hunting for sunken treasure and taking on an occasional passenger, no questions asked. Buck Reilly is part Indiana Jones, part Dirk Pitt and part Stephanie Plum, an everyman with resources limited to his own imagination, charm and refusal to give up, even though many of his problems are self-induced. Each adventure in the series is a unique and exciting nail-biter with the odds stacked heavily against Buck, and it all starts with RED RIGHT RETURN…