In this fifth novel in The Stopover series: The scene is the Midwest, rural Nebraskan town of Bamptonville.
The year is 2007, months before the financial crash, and business is booming. The five-man hierarchy running the town want an irksome English immigrant to move on from the county. Shamelessly they use the tools of deceit, false witness, double-dealing and back-stabbing to persuade him to quit the district.
But Greg Mitchell, an English tycoon who lost his business empire to treachery is a man on a mission. In spite of an unsuccessful attempt on his life, and the blackening of his name by false rumours and vengeful conspiracies, he's showing no signs of moving on.
He made a promise of help and friendship to high school student, Jess and a bunch of unemployed settlers living in the town. And Greg Mitchell has always lived by his word - until now.
Hiding in the shadows lurks the local crime boss and drug dealer who is brewing his own brand of poison against Greg's influence over Jess, while secretly grooming the boy to join his sexual services remuda.
Wayne Fisher has come up from Florida to offer Greg the CEO's job in his new company; a tempting position holding the promise of untold riches based on emerging technology working in a novel green energy venture.
Wayne's the only friend Greg has in town and the stakes are high.
Wayne's offer would restore him to a position at the head of a major corporation.
If he stays, Jess's coming-of-age will not be as a high school or college graduate, a man with a future in commerce, but as a porn star.
Will the unemployed crowd overcome their problems without his help? Could there be another, attempt on his life - with the chance of it being successful?
Shall he stay, or shall he go? That's his Catch-22, Greg's dilemma.
The answers to these questions are inside this exciting book.
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