Going back home again isn't just hard, it's murder. Emotionally adrift, lonely after his wife's death, Boise Montague does the thing no one should ever do: he goes back home again. Boise remembered the Caribbean home of his childhood - in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands - as a paradise. But when his best friend is murdered and the case quickly buried by local police, Boise realizes how far paradise has fallen. With the aid of Dana Goode, a local reporter investigating the kidnapping of a real estate mogul's daughter, Boise goes on the hunt for his friend's killer. But he'll find more than he bargained for - much more. Because in the once-sleepy island city of Charlotte Amalie, sun, sand, and surf have been replaced by madness, mayhem, and murder - and his friend's death was just a warm-up. Going home again can literally be murder - especially when your home has changed from Heaven on Earth... to a Dark Paradise. #1 Bestseller in Hard-Boiled Fiction. "Dark Paradise is the kind of island murder mystery that easily keeps the reader captivated, guessing, on their toes, and wanting more!" -- Jersey Girl Sizzling Book Reviews
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Gene had short stories accepted for publication in digital and print magazines. "Homeowner's Association Dues" was published by The Short Fiction Collective. Two short stories, "The West Indian Manner" and "Horror Set Death," were published by Beyond Imagination Digital Literary Magazine. "Nice Work Guy," was printed by Prolific Press in Dual Coast Magazine. His screenplay, Lost in Paradise, was a finalist in the StoryPros Screenplay Awards Drama category in 2010. Another screenplay, 10 Past Midnight, co-written with Christian Webb, was a semi-finalist in the 2014 StoryPros International Awards Contest. He wrote The Kleptomaniac, a short film that he also produced and directed. Gene hails from the Virgin Islands, but now lives in lovely Los Angeles.
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#1 Amazon Bestseller in Hard-Boiled Mysteries.
"Dark Paradise is the kind of island murder mystery that easily keeps the reader captivated, guessing, on their toes, and wanting more!" -- Jersey Girl Sizzling Book Reviews
Boise Montague returns to the Caribbean after his life falls apart. He seeks solitude, but finds murder.
To vindicate the reputation of his childhood best friend whose death stings him to the core, he descends into the criminal underworld of a beautiful island.
Boise wants answers. He enlists a local reporter to help him dig deeper.
With not much left to lose, a bone to pick with the justice system, and a relentless partner, Boise sets out to do what the police would not: solve the murder of Roger Black.
He must also struggle to control the darkness within himself that led him back to St. Thomas.
St. Thomas is a gleaming tropical paradise where murder is as common as sunshine.