Captain Easy #14

Captain Easy arrives at the sleepy Florida town of Crab Inlet to evaluate some seemingly worthless marshland for his boss, millionaire J.P. McKee—but a chance discovery near the property line sets off a chain of suspicious events. When a mysterious geologist reveals that an abandoned oil well nearby is anything but dry, Easy finds himself caught between a crooked oil company's scheme to corner the land cheap and a man desperate enough to risk his life to set things right. It's a race against greed in a town where everybody's watching everybody else, and the stakes are far higher than anyone bargained for.

Captain Easy finds himself trapped in a blazing hotel—caught in a deadly game with a ruthless gang—but manages to rescue a young woman named Mattie Burns from the inferno. When Mattie reveals that her grandmother owns oil stock she's desperate to sell, Easy suspects there's far more to the story than anyone realizes, and buries the certificates to keep them safe while he investigates a dangerous conspiracy. As Easy prepares to check an oil well under cover of darkness, he doesn't realize Mattie is determined to follow him straight into the gang's crosshairs.

Captain Easy discovers a dangerous secret hidden at an oil well—one that proves a young woman's grandmother's stock is valuable—but the ruthless oil gang will do anything to keep it buried, including murder. When they corner Easy and Mattie, the desperate men set the grasslands ablaze to eliminate them, forcing the pair into a deadly race against the inferno. With enemies closing in from all sides, Easy must use his wits to outwit the killers and reach safety before the oil gang's next trap springs shut.

Captain Easy gets caught in the crosshairs when he investigates a suspicious oil deal—one that attracts the lethal attention of an unscrupulous outfit willing to kill to control cheap land and stock. Stranded and outnumbered after a deliberate boat-swamping, Easy must outwit his captors and rely on his wits to survive long enough for justice to catch up with them. It's a taut tale of greed, sabotage, and one man's refusal to back down when the stakes are life and death.

Wash Tubbs is hours away from marrying the wealthy Carol McKee when his best man, Captain Easy, mysteriously vanishes—and Lulu Belle discovers him suffering from amnesia in a distant town, with no memory of Wash or their adventures together. Racing against the clock to bring Easy back in time, Wash and Lulu Belle battle blown tires, mechanical failures, and the relentless countdown to the ceremony, all while a thousand society guests and Carol's impatient father wait in the church.

Wash Tubbs chases Carol McKee to the revolution-torn country of Panazuela, where he sees a chance to impress her father by turning a warehouse of old mattresses into quick cash. When currency collapse threatens his windfall, Wash refuses to stay down—he's got one more scheme up his sleeve, and this time he's determined to prove himself a real success.