Presidential Deal : a John Deal Novel / Volume 5

in The Fifth Installment Of The Series, Deal Is Being Awarded The Presidential Medal Of Valor, And As A Campaign Gimmick, The Presentation Ceremony Is Held In Miami. During The Ceremony, Terrorists Interrupt With Machine Gun Fire, And Deal And The First Lady Are Taken Captive. fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel les Standiford Grabs Your Attention And Keeps It For A Roller-coaster Thriller That Never Falters. John Deal is no hero, he just happens to be in the right place at the right time, cruising in the Gulf of Mexico when a group of Cuban refugees are tossed overboard in a smuggling operation gone awry. Then, presidential politics, particularly the importance of the Florida vote to President Frank Shelton's reelection campaign, put Deal on stage in Miami for a Medal of Valor ceremony. In another case of bad timing, Deal is caught in the middle of a scheme by anti-Castro partisans who plan to kidnap the president and blame it on Cuba. But when at the last minute the First Lady stands in for her husband at the Medal of Valor ceremony, Deal finds himself an inadvertent hero again, abducted with Linda Shelton and taken away with her to a deserted island in the Bahamas. The problem is, nobody knows Deal's been snatched with the First Lady, nobody except for retired cop Vern Driscoll, Deal's closest friend. Flying into the eye of a hurricane to rescue Deal and the First Lady, he tries to accomplish what the FBI, CIA, and every other law enforcement agency under the president's command hasn't been able to. Meanwhile, it's up to Deal to uncover a plot against the president hatched from somewhere within the president's own administration Divin The Fifth Installment Of The Series, Deal Is Being Awarded The Presidential Medal Of Valor, And As A Campaign Gimmick, The Presentation Ceremony Is Held In Miami. During The Ceremony, Terrorists Interrupt With Machine Gun Fire, And Deal And The First Lady Are Taken Captive./div An award ceremony for valor is disrupted by terrorists, masquerading as policemen, and they abduct the First Lady along with one of the recipients. He is Florida contractor John Deal, and he and the First Lady will outwit the terrorists