Jake Sands

In this thrilling sequel to “Night Shadows”, Jakes Sands finds volleyball to be a killer sport. After the double murder of his wife and child, Jake Sands gave up his lucrative career recovering stolen objects and missing people. Hoping to escape his past ties to Los Angeles, he moves to Santa Barbara, spending his days avoiding past friends and future decisions. Jake is not the sort of man who can stay retired for long, though. When Julie Price, a beach volleyball groupie, not to mention Jake' s favorite waitress, turns up dead, Sands ventures into the East Beach volleyball culture. Soon enough, he trades in his jogging sweats for neon shorts and finds himself matched against the king of the beach, an Australian who is as popular with women as he is ruthlessly cruel. Adding spice to the game is a string of prominent businessman who seem to have trouble staying alive. As Jake gets closer to finding answers, he soon discovers a deadly undercurrent to his investigations, someone is after him.

An exciting first mystery by actor Ron Ely, star of Tarzan and Doc Savage. Jake Sands has had a truly action-packed life as a recoverer of stolen objects and people. His work has made him a very rich man, but he paid a steep price: the murder of his wife and child. Jake now spends his days working out and his nights haunted by memories. One night, while jogging along the path of Coco Palms, an exclusive enclave in Santa Barbara where he lives, Jake literally stumbles upon a body. Jake's troubles are just beginning, though. Convinced by a beautiful lady to help find her missing husband, more bodies turn up-along with a treasure that's "to die for."