Dead Man's Hand [Paperback]

//WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE/

The Internet...a world without rules, without boundaries. Where you can be anyone you want, whoever you aren't.And it's all just a click away....

Nick Annunciato wants to impress his new girlfriend's father. So when he flies to Key West with his own father, who's a cookbook author and chef, and his stepsister, Annie, to attend a local food festival, he places an notice on the Internet: I'm in Key West looking for the obvious contraband.

Nick does get a response. But what he doesn't realize is that he has unwittingly thrown himself and Annie into a dangerous swirl of murder, mayhem, and Cuban cigars. Who is the dead man missing a hand? Can Nick and Annie find the killer before he cooks up more trouble? Will this adventure be their last?

Different people in different places. The one thing they have in common is a new address on the Internet: danger.com. Where all your fears come true.Jordan Cray is the author of Gemini7, a Simon & Schuster book.1//some break

On the morning we left for Key West, my stepfather, Joe, poked his head into my room. Annie, you ready?

I zipped up my suitcase. I've been ready my wholelifefor this. Get me off this island of the dead before I implode!

Joe grinned. Even though he'd showered and dressed, he still looked rumpled. My stepfather always looks as though he's unraveling. Maybe it's because he doesn't feel comfortable tucked in, or with shoes on. Even on his wedding day, he'd spent half the reception in his socks.

I know how tough it is for you to tear yourself away from Scull Island, he said.

Don't get me wrong. I love where I live. Scull Island is this tiny place stuck out in Long Island Sound. There's no bridge to the mainland, so we're pretty isolated. All this can be great about half the year. The beaches are uncrowded, and you can hike and swim and eat an ice-cream cone without 60 million people rubbing their lð