Flynn's Gold

Flynn s Gold is a not too serious, contemporary treasure hunt set in the Florida Keys. Junior and Earl, two widowers from the North Carolina Mountains move to the Keys in search of a treasure in gold and silver coins. The treasure was hidden by a 1930 s rumrunner, who as it happens, was Junior s uncle.

The story begins with a long letter to Junior from his Uncle Harley telling of his time as a rumrunner and how he came to possess the treasure. As the story progresses clues to the treasure s location emerge, and so does the fact that others know of its existence.

Along with Junior and the culture shocked Earl, the main characters include retired drug smugglers, a bar maid that fist fights, an ex-con, fun loving fishing guides, a beautiful high dollar escort, a pot smoking seascape painter, a gun loving mute woman, and a Rottweiler named Sugar Cookie. And it is the Keys, so there are boats, tarpon, at least one big shark, and a waterside bar where the central characters hang out.

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