Jack Houston St. Clair Series (Books 4-6)

"One of the best political thriller series I've ever read—and I've read them all." --- Jerry A., El Paso "Really captures the tone and feel and ambience of Miami, from the glamor to the dirty side." ---Tanner D., Miami Beach "You get the sense that politics as a game is really played this way – and that's scary." --- Max J., Los Angeles "One of the best political thriller series I've ever read—and I've read them all." --- Jerry A., El Paso "Really captures the tone and feel and ambience of Miami, from the glamor to the dirty side." ---Tanner D., Miami Beach "You get the sense that politics as a game is really played this way – and that's scary." --- Max J., Los Angeles The Keystone File - Part 4 Matt impulsively makes love to Patricia in the Jefferson Memorial parking lot. He mentions that he's married. "So am I," she says. "But my husband is gay." Slanetti continues his work using the Keystone File. Norwalk's chief of staff, however, is suspicious, and finds evidence of the file on Slanetti's desk. Derek Gilbertson is desperate to get some of the millions of drug dollars he has out of the country, and uses wire transfers from his law firm and a narco-sub returning to Colombia after dropping off drugs in the Keys. But the sub has gone down in shallow water. He teams up with Kucherov to recover the water-soaked cash. Jack's team, following them out to a point near the Florida Keys, has a surprise for Derek and Vlad. The Keystone File - Part 5 After the Thanksgiving party at Horizon, the Democrats deal with the devastating news about the Keystone File. Jack shifts money from the narco-sub to a more secure location in the Keys. Jack's team discovers all the money Derek has been spiriting out of the country is headed by circuitous routes into Cuban central bank. Cuban undercover operatives work their Medicare clinics and check cashing operations in Miami to drain tens of millions from the U.S. Treasury into Cuba's accounts in Havana. At Camp David, President Norwalk and Slanetti emphasize how important Matt Hawkins's vote will be when the next President is named. Ellsworth and the Russian ambassador plot to kill Hawkins. Norwalk, however, comes up with a plan to offer Hawkins a deal that will further his career that only a fool would reject. Hawkins, when offered the deal, needs time to think about it. The ambassadors' plot to kill him moves forward. The Keystone File - Part 6 The rush of events leading up to Christmas have Jack and everybody else on edge as pressure mounts for each side to deliver the votes. Slanetti get pressured from President Norwalk, and follows Matt Hawkins (now seen to be not a crucial vote, but the crucial vote) to Miami where he's gone with his new lover, Patricia Vaughan, as Jack's guest. When Slanetti has a Secret Service agent try to rough up Matt, Jack accidentally gets involved, not knowing he's creating a major disaster for Norwalk. The Cubans continue expanding their Mediclinica and Cambio Xtra chains as they drain millions from the U.S. Treasury each and every month.