The Gringa

About the Book

Jane Hall has a lucrative job at Amp Automotive, a late model Mercedes E-350 and a new condominium in Florida. Then the factory closes amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Following two months of fruitless searching for a job, Jane wanders into the sleazy Bloody Duck Saloon hoping to drown the last sixty days of frustration. She meets the gorgeous Melissa who introduces her to cocaine and explains the economic pricing structure of the narcotic. An idea is born, and Jane decides to solve her financial crisis by become a drug dealer. Problems arise at every turn. The local street peddler foists Jane on a cop interested only in sex. The Mexican cocaine wholesaler takes Jane’s savings. Melissa is beaten senseless. The Miami importer invites Jane to dinner and attempts to rape her. She falls in love with a man with the one job in direct conflict to Jane’s ambition: a DEA agent. Undeterred, Jane invents the frightening Gringa character who dresses in a sexy Dominatrix outfit and seeks to fulfill her dream of financial independence.

About the Author

Hank Manley has written three nonfiction books on fishing, A Grand Quest, Beyond the Green Water, and Tales of a Life upon the Sea. He wrote the action/adventure trilogy Bahama Snow, Bahama Payback and Bahama Reckoning as well as the thrillers Coral Cemetery, Fundamental Behavior, Vengeance, and The Iron River. He has written one young adult book, A Sea Too Far, and two historical novels, A Legacy of Honor and No Famine of Spirit.