St. Clair Thriller

A deadlocked election. A brutal fight for the presidency. Will lethal tricks control the deciding vote? The pages turn themselves in this thrilling story of ruthless political blackmail and intimidation. After serving his country well, retired Navy SEAL Jack does his best to keep a low profile. But when an election standoff plunges the nation into turmoil, he leaves his Miami detective agency to help elect his ambitious father. While Jack steps into the ruthless fight, unscrupulous powermongers go beyond the law to sway the results at any cost. With the contents of a top-secret file threatening to implode multiple careers, Jack flies into action to prevent international chaos. But when the critical votes come down to a handful of key, vulnerable people, Jack may be the only person who can save his country from anarchy, even as he is sucked into a vortex of intrigue. As the foundation of democracy threatened, can Jack stymie traitors or does he join them to ensure his father claims the cherished prize of the Presidency? The St. Clair Series is a rollercoaster thrill ride involving intrigue, romance and action that shuttles between Miami and Washington. If you like compelling characters, government intrigue, and a race against time, then you'll love Ridge King's gripping adventure.

The deadlocked election forces the principal parties to Washington as the intrigue deepens and the risks of exposure for those working behind the scenes becomes more dangerous. Jack follows his dad to the nation's capital in an attempt to help him win the prize of the Presidency, even as a case involving a sunken narco-sub with $65 million on it pulls him toward the Florida Keys, where renegade DEA agents are seeking to recover the cash. The lone Congressman-elect from Wyoming, the young and handsome Matt Hawkins, also comes to D.C. He, least of all, is aware of the forces at play that will converge on his single vote as the stakes increase and the crucial tally narrows. He has no idea when he makes a friend of Jack on the handball courts of the Capitol that this one friendship may save his life. Or how a stolen kiss exchanged with socialite Patricia Vaughan will alter his life forever. In this brutal fight for the Presidency, the pages turn themselves in this thrilling story of ruthless political blackmail and intimidation. The St. Clair Series is a rollercoaster thrill ride involving intrigue, romance and action that shuttles between Miami and Washington. If you like compelling characters, government intrigue, and a race against time, then you'll love Ridge King's gripping political adventure series.

As the first targets in the secret Keystone effort begin changing their votes to elect Sam to the Presidency, Jack is drawn back to the Florida Keys where he struggles to thwart the Russian mob as they seek to raise $65 million from the sunken narco-sub. Jack becomes aware of the deepening relationship between Matt Hawkins and Patricia Vaughn, knowing they are unaware how important Matt is becoming to the undercover White House effort to swing the election. Can Jack save the young couple from the nefarious and secretive powerful forces arrayed against them? Can he head off Derek and the Russian mob he's alligned with? Can he save his dad's push to become President? And can he save himself while doing so?

Propelled into a vortex of international financial crimes and espionage, intrigue and romance, Jack Houston St. Clair and his team work feverishly to stash over $65 million removed from the sunken narco-sub off Key West. Back in Miami, the Cuban undercover operatives Jack stumbled upon continue their secret program ripping off the Treasury for billions through Medicare and IRS tax fraud. They set in motion a plan to move $27 million over to the Bahamas to get the cash out of the U.S. Meanwhile, in Washington, it's now become clear to President Norwalk, Slanetti, and everybody else involved in rigging the election in Sam's favor, that the crucial vote in the House will come down to Matt Hawkins, freshman congressman from Wyoming. Matt gets called to the White House for an intense one-on-one with Norwalk, who makes him an offer that causes him to re-think everything he's stood for. But is it an offer he "can't refuse"? If you like Vince Flynn and his Mitch Rapp, Brad Thor and his Scot Harvath, Frederick Forsyth, Robert Ludlum and Jason Bourne, Brad Meltzer and Tim Tigner, you'll find it impossible to put down this compulsively gut-gripping political thriller. The St. Clair Series is a rollercoaster thrill ride involving intrigue, romance and action that shuttles between Miami and Washington. If you like compelling characters, government intrigue, and a race against time, then you'll love Ridge King's gripping adventure.

As Christmas approaches, Jack is on edge as pressure mounts for each side to deliver the votes to break the deadlock for President. When Matt, now seen as a "crucial vote," sneaks away for a few days in Miami with his secret lover, White House agents follow him with a plan to force him to switch his vote-with disastrous results. Luckily, Jack is there to save the day-and Matt's life. Derek, after being shaken down by on-again off-again lover Lucy Azzinaro for $100,000 to keep quiet about his illicit wire transfers, wants something special for Christmas. It's not what she expects. At Flagler Hall on Christmas Eve, Sam introduces everybody to Eve Harrington, the new "antiques curator," who quickly becomes something more as Sam's wife wastes away with cancer on the floor above. If you like Vince Flynn and his Mitch Rapp, Brad Thor and his Scot Harvath, Frederick Forsyth, Robert Ludlum and Jason Bourne, Brad Meltzer and Tim Tigner, you'll find it impossible to put down this compulsively gut-gripping political thriller. The St. Clair Series is a rollercoaster thrill ride involving intrigue, romance and action that shuttles between Miami and Washington. If you like compelling characters, government intrigue, and a race against time, then you'll love Ridge King's gripping adventure.