In the serene setting of crime-free Pelican Bay, an affluent complex of seventy odd communities on the Gulf of Mexico in Southwest Florida's burgeoning Naples area, a man and a woman hit team, contracted by a mob boss in Chicago, was embarked on a path to kill someone in the Federal Witness Protection Program.

Tully and Elaine Sullivan, a notorious execution duo, had a $1,000,000 contract to take out Salvatore Balviano, a soldier in the Masucci crime family in Chicago. Balviano received protection and was awaiting to testify against his former Don. Testimony that could slam a cell door closed on the Don for many years.

Bill Sargent, a Chicago cop on the eve of retirement, was assigned by a vindictive captain to track down the killers of five murders in the Chicago area by a man and a woman hit team.

An informant's tip, tenuous at best, leads the detective to search for the killers in Naples and Pelican Bay.

However, he finds himself caught up in the middle of the plot to kill Salvatore Balviano.

His instincts lead him to believe that the Sullivans are the duo he has been searching for. And realizes they are the same hit team out to get Balviano.

The first order of business is to prevent the hit, by finding the witness before the killers do. A daunting task, since his face has been altered and he has a new identity.

The surprise ending will intrigue those who enjoy matching wits with the writer in determining the outcome.

A Big Hit in Pelican Bay offers that challenge.

ISBN 978-1600021916

$14.95