Cowgirls Up!

Frank Massi’s wife Jennie is investigating activities at Palatine Park race track. Healthy horses are being destroyed and Jennie, along with her assistant Cyndy Marconi were closing in on the culprits until Frank came up missing. Jennie turned to their friend FBI agent Joe Colletti to rescue her man but Frank wasn't lying around waiting for Joe. Jennie chased Frank, Joe chased Cyndy, and they all ended up in the Florida keys where the bad guys were hiding.

Frank Massi’s wife Jennie is investigating activities at Palatine Park race track. Healthy horses are being destroyed and Jennie, along with her assistant Cyndy Marconi were closing in on the culprits until Frank came up missing. Jennie turned to their friend FBI agent Joe Colletti to rescue her man but Frank wasn't lying around waiting for Joe. Jennie chased Frank, Joe chased Cyndy, and they all ended up in the Florida keys where the bad guys were hiding. The girls play detective to solve the case but it’s the men-to-the-rescue in Key West, where anything goes. Horses weren't the only ones endangered at the race track. Jennie Massi’s criminal investigation uncovered a massive illegal operation at the track, breeding farms, and a rendering plant. Now somebody was holding Frank hostage for her silence and time was running out. Joe Colletti was called in to help and together they brought the case to an end … or so they thought.

Frank Spado is a published poet, and copyrighted lyricist, penning words to songs for Jennie, his wife, and the lead vocalist to the classic country band, which they both founded. While still in high school, in the early 1960s, Frank volunteered for military service in the Marine Corps. He started driving trucks over the road shortly after his honorable discharge. Although this is a work of fiction, Frank has incorporated many truths about his life on the road into the fabric of his stories. Frank loved the open road and during all those long lonely drives passing from one state to the next, he pondered stories and plots evolving around situations that he encountered over the thousands of miles he traveled. If you want to know who Frank Spado is, just read the book. He’s in there. What could he say about his life that would be exciting to anyone other than himself? He bungee jumped, para-sailed, delivered fur coats to famous people. He worked on movie location sets making sandwiches for the stars. He lived in San Diego before there was a bridge to Coronado Island and the only way there was by ferry. He built his own house in the woods, on a river in central Minnesota. His life has been as full and colorful as the characters in this book and Frank has many more stories to tell. Frank Spado lives with his wife Jennie in Arizona.