A Northwest Suspense Collection novel --
Jason Donnelly thought he was a high level body guard for San Francisco VIP's until he found out the people he worked for and guarded were the leaders of the Clemente crime family. Once in, you didn't get out. Determined to break away he is betrayed by his brother, resulting in his wife's death. Taking his four-year-old daughter, Jason escapes back to his native Alaska, adopts his old nickname of Duke, and takes up a gold claim in the bush.
Twelve years pass before a fifteen-year-old boy on the run from the Anchorage drug gang whose murder he witnessed and a strong-arm mining company land simultaneously in Jason's life. One earns his protection, the other his defiance. Both bring the Clemente family to his doorstep.
With his cover blown he has two choices - to leave everything and run again or stand and fight. Jason Duke Donnelly makes his choice - he's done running.
Genre: Mystery
Jason Donnelly thought he was a high level body guard for San Francisco VIP's until he found out the people he worked for and guarded were the leaders of the Clemente crime family. Once in, you didn't get out. Determined to break away he is betrayed by his brother, resulting in his wife's death. Taking his four-year-old daughter, Jason escapes back to his native Alaska, adopts his old nickname of Duke, and takes up a gold claim in the bush.
Twelve years pass before a fifteen-year-old boy on the run from the Anchorage drug gang whose murder he witnessed and a strong-arm mining company land simultaneously in Jason's life. One earns his protection, the other his defiance. Both bring the Clemente family to his doorstep.
With his cover blown he has two choices - to leave everything and run again or stand and fight. Jason Duke Donnelly makes his choice - he's done running.
Genre: Mystery
Used availability for Dave P Fisher's Code of the Bush
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