A comic tale of campus corruption and Aegean intrigue.
Reluctant college professor Wally Gibbs hates advertising, and not just because he got axed from his corner office advertising job. Resurfacing from a personal tragedy, carpenter-turned-campus cop Nick Pappas hates his diminished identity and longs for a real crime to give his badge a purpose. Wally answers his prayers by launching Project Argus right under Nick's nose.
Using his students as subjects, Wally dupes one after another to "opt in" to a scheme that promises jaw-dropping savings on big-ticket purchases. Problem is, some students end up getting their own ticket punched along the way. Out of his jurisdiction and over his head, Nick recruits a student cartoonistalso a student of Wally'sto do the digging where he can't.
The novice sleuths follow Wally and his mild-mannered Indian T.A. (a closet martial artist) to a picturesque Greek island to uncover why Wally needs a rare, exotic gemstone known as "sifnocite" so badly. Shortly after they return to North Carolina, the hottest-selling class ring in the school's history is quietly collecting dataand claiming lives.
Can Nick reclaim his sense of self and stop Project Argus before it wipes out the entire senior class?
Download Ring of Fire today, for a fresh, contemporary mix of humor, suspense and relationships, and enjoy a scenic, satisfying page-turner for fans of Carl Hiaasen, Christopher Moore and Janet Evanovich.