The Singapore Wink

A tragic past traps a former Hollywood stuntman in a web of international intriguefrom Americas best storyteller (The New York Times Book Review). Two pirates do battle on an old junk ship in Singapore Harbor. They leap nimbly from deck to rigging, crossing swords like fencing masters. And then one surprises the other, slicing a rope and sending the unfortunate pirate tumbling into the bay. This is how stuntman Angelo Sacchetti dies. Edward Cauthorne was his opponent, a fellow stuntman whose career died along with Sacchetti. Hes selling used cars when two thugs approach him. Theyre emissaries from Sacchettis godfather, a Mafia don. Sacchetti is alive after allalive enough to be blackmailing the donand they firmly request that Cauthorne find him. The search takes Cauthorne back to Singapore, to risk his own life for the sake of the man he thought hed killed.