Bimini Twist

The quaint island of Bimini in the Bahamas Islands is a fisherman’s paradise, a place to relax and kick back where no one cares what you do as long as you are behaving yourself, having a good time, and spending a little cash. Beneath the peaceful and friendly facade of this tropical paradise is a sinister organization that deals in human misery. Ex-con Rohan Pinkney, known as Rooster, leads a band of criminals whose brand of commerce includes drug running and refugee smuggling. But he doesn’t know that Virgil Price, the top cop in the Royal Bahamas Defense Force, has a spectacular plan to take him down. Rooster is in way over his head.

The quaint island of Bimini in the Bahamas Islands is a fisherman’s paradise, a place to relax and kick back where no one cares what you do as long as you are behaving yourself, having a good time, and spending a little cash. Beneath the peaceful and friendly facade of this tropical paradise is a sinister organization that deals in human misery. Ex-con Rohan Pinkney, known as Rooster, leads a band of criminals whose brand of commerce includes drug running and refugee smuggling. Virgil Price is the top op in all of the Bahamas Islands. He and his highly-trained, squared away troops launch a plan to infiltrate the crime syndicate ad take down the organization, along with $100,000,000 in illegal contraband. Max Carson and his teenage sons, Gaffer and P.J., are frequent visitors to Bimini. While P.J. spends his days playing video games and beaching it, Max and Gaffer are addicted to the lure of fishing and spend their days practicing their skills. Their sport fishing boat, Bimini Twist, is loaded with sophisticated fishing equipment and is capable of “tickling the bottom” a half mile deep. When Max is asked by the Royal Bahamas Defense Force to keep an eye on things offshore and report any observations of Rooster’s activities, the action begins and never lets up. Drug smugglers, shark attacks, offshore powerboat races and high-speed chases over the waves keep this story moving along at breakneck speed. Rooster conducts his business, spreading misery wherever he goes and intimidating the peaceful citizens of the island. But he doesn’t know about the forces that are conspiring to take him down. He’s in way over his head. Like a good adventure story? Take a deep breath, strap yourself in and enjoy the action. Bimini Twist takes you on an adventure like non other in literature today.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Patrick Mansell was born in 1946 in New London, Connecticut, the son of a career Naval officer. He attended schools in Hawaii, Virginia, California and New York before graduating from the University of Miami in 1968 with a degree in Business Administration. He also has taken post graduate studies in the field of Marine Archaeology. During and after college Mr. Mansell was a member of the United States Marine Corps Reserve. For more than thirty years he earned a living in the real estate finance field, but his all-time passion has always been boating and writing. For more than half a century he has fished the waters of the northeast, and Florida Gulf Stream, and other parts of the world including the Caribbean, Central America and Hawaii. He makes several trips each year to his favorite fishing grounds, the Bahamas Islands. Mr. Mansell is the author of the Bimini Twist Adventure series of books, which includes Bimini Twist, Abaco Gold, Exuma Tide, Wave Dancer, and Kona Kai. He has also written and published two other adventure novels outside the Bimini Twist series entitled The Fathers Club and Diamonds and Cubes. Mr. Mansell complied, edited, and published a collection of stories from some of the world’s most recognized charter captains entitled Living Legends of Big Game Fishing, the Men and Their Stories. His professional, non-fiction works include many short stories and articles, and the full-length books Mortgage Banking and Residential Real Estate Finance, by the Masters of the Industry and Understanding Residential Real Estate Finance. As one of South Florida’s recognized authors he has lectured extensively on the subject of creative writing and publishing. Mr. Mansell lives in Boca Raton, Florida.