Out of the Night — Dan Latus

Risky Business

On a gloomy November afternoon, P.I. Frank Doy has an unexpected guest at his cottage in the old English mining village of Risky Point. Three mutilated corpses have washed up, and homicide cop Bill Peart wants his old friend's help. That night, as an icy storm batters the coast, a terrified stranger comes seeking refuge. Before Frank can find out who she is, she's gone.

Certain there's a connection between the dead bodies and his nocturnal visitor, Frank begins an unofficial search. A foreign yacht docked near the entrance to one of Risky Point's cliffside tunnels adds to the deepening mystery. And what's really going on at the new art center, rumored to be training the world's future painters? As Frank and gallery >^ owner Jac Pinklett uncover evidence of a criminal enterprise that could threaten national security, someone plots to turn them into collateral damage….