Cap's Place

Jack Nolan had his life all mapped out as he pursued a promising career as an attorney in Michigan. Suddenly his world was knocked out of orbit and he found himself living with his Uncle Mickey above Mickey's bar in South Florida. Mickey's untimely death leads to Jack becoming a bar owner. Jack's protective approach to his life includes staying emotionally uninvolved with everyone around him, those who work at the bar, customers, and the objects of his frequent one-night stands. Without warning Jack finds himself struggling to protect his beautiful bartender from unknown forces intent on killing her. Jack is confronted with decisions that require him to ignore rules he had previously deemed unbreakable. The characters who inhabit Cap's Place turn out to be much more complex than Jack ever anticipated.

Jack Nolan believes he has finally settled into a comfortable routine owning his South Florida bar, Cap's Place. He's put the end of his law career and his divorce behind him and is enjoying the relaxed pace around Cap's Place, when an organized crime boss decides to take over the bar. Jack suddenly finds his life in danger and his bar in jeopardy. Running from one threat to another Jack attempts to navigate his way out of this rapidly deteriorating crisis. In endeavoring to protect others from being sucked into his quagmire, Jack resorts to what may turn out to be an even more dangerous source of help. Has he traded one devil for another?

Quick Be Jack is another snapshot into the adventures and evolving lives of Jack Nolan, former Michigan attorney turned bar owner, and those who are a part of Cap's Place, his South Florida Bar. He attempts to assist his friend, Detective Patty Johnson, who suspects that her partner leaked the information that almost cost Jack's bartender her life. The answers Jack finds to lingering questions surrounding several murders and a potential government cover-up are most alarming and may prove to be deadly.