The Lone Wolf

Collectors Edition! Highly Recommended! If you are looking for a good, old-fashioned action-adventure-suspense romp,this is the book for you. Never a dull moment from the opening narrative to the adrenalin rush ending, this first introduction to the Lone Wolf series will hook you for good, and send you searching for subsequent books about this world class thief turned righter of wrongs. Rescued from an abusive childhood in a French hotel by a good-natured, big-hearted thief, Michael Lanyard trains from his early teens to become a sophistocated and talented sneak-thief. After his mentor dies, Lanyard continues in his chosen path with amazing success stealing art, jewels, State secrets, anything to bring in amazing profits. Now known as the Lone Wolf because he eschews working with or cultivating fellow thieves, Lanyard narrowly escapes capture in London and returns for the first time to the hotel of his childhood. A chance meeting in the dining room of the hotel introduces the Lone Wolf to the lovely and mysterious American woman Lucia Bannon and sets Lanyard on a new course of redemption and reclamation that endangers both their lives. Murder, mayhem,and wild chases around Paris ensue as Lanyard tries to return stolen jewels, elude the deadly crime syndicate determined to kill him, rescue the facinating Lucia Bannon, and negotiate escape from the French authorities. The closing sequence in a bi-plane high in the skies above the English channel is certain to keep you on the edge of your chair from one hair-raising moment to the next as you root for this criminal turned hero. Good reading. Enjoy!