Charkey's Reef

About the Book

Charlotte Keyes and Ida Kruger have come up with a million dollar plan: to hijack a shipment of emeralds hidden in conch shells that are being smuggles into Florida. But when Charkey (Charlotte's nickname), is forced to ditch her Cessna, and the emerald, over the North Bahama Bank the plan becomes seriously flawed.

Nick Wiley happens to be delivering a sailboat for a charter company when her plane ditches just yards away from his boat. He rescues the lady pilot (Charkey) and, after patching up her minor injuries, they sail on to Fort Lauderdale.

Unaware of their plan to retrieve the smuggled emeralds, Nick is persuaded to return the girls to the underwater crash site on the pretense of diving for a crate of rare shells. What Nick believes will be a short adventure with two beautiful women turns out to be a week of deception, danger, and eventually... death over Charkey's Reef.

About the Author

Larry Prehm is a writer/photographer who lives in Florida. His publishing credits include articles on travel and photography. This is his first novel.