Jim Nash hasn’t said word one to Maddie, but he’s considering shutting down the detective business he started years ago. They’re comfortable in their surroundings without the need for more business, thanks to the cash that’s accumulated over the years. His biggest problem is how he’ll broach the subject to Maddie.
When Harry Delany comes knocking on his office door, Jim’s thoughts of retirement are put on the back burner. Someone is missing, and reluctant as Harry is to discuss it, he finally asks Jim for his help.
After a near-disaster with Harry’s bodyguard, Ziv, Jim Nash is convinced he must gather his crew together for yet another assignment. It would be tough to turn Harry Delaney down after he came to Jim’s rescue in North Africa where he and Maddie found themselves on their honeymoon.
With no ransom demands and consequently no one on the hook for the kidnapping, all hands on deck are forced to work to come up with an action plan to find the perpetrators.
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Jim Nash and the fedora Maddie has forbidden him to wear in public is on another tear. This time, he’s after a woman wearing a yellow dress who shows up at his office. Melanie Taylor wants him to prove she hasn’t murdered her husband in cold blood.
The wedding of Jim Nash and Maddie Spence has gone off without a hitch—that is, until Maddie gets a bee in her bonnet about Djibouti in North Africa. While the couple honeymoon in Málaga, Spain, Jim is offered a flight to Djibouti to visit for a couple of days. Maddie jumps at the chance to jump on the airplane with Jim to learn more about Harry Delaney’s base in Djibouti.
Jim Nash and Maddie Spence, partners in business and in life, are going through some tough times. Business has been slow. The pair is on the verge of losing Jim’s private investigator business. The only thing they have going for them is the office building and the residences they operate. They own the building outright.
Frank Ross is back on the road, holed up in a taverna somewhere on the Texas panhandle. He’s hoping to evade a John Law who picked up on him while he was riding through a small town. Frank pulled into the taverna’s back parking lot, out of sight and out of mind – except he wasn’t. He didn’t even have time for a pull on his Lone Star before the Sheriff walked in through that same back door. It’s all good, though. The Sheriff departs, satisfied Frank might be one of the good ones.
Harry Delaney has finally accepted the offer from his partner, Mike Williams. He has sold his 49 percent share of the flying business to Mike. Harry and his family and Ziv Frakter have deserted the cold weather and moved on. They’re living in Spain, where they’re enjoying the good life of warm weather, blue sky, and constant sunshine. Thanks to the anticipated income from the sale of the business, he and wife Sasha and daughter Christa have put down a multi-million dollar deposit on a huge, modern villa.
Harry Delaney is living the good life. He’s flying the airplane he loves. He’s able to spend time with his family on a regular basis. When he closes the hangar door at the end of the day and comes home, his wife and daughter are happy to see him. It’s taken him a long time to get to that, but it’s all good now.