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Alexandra Barnaby has a natural aptitude for rebuilding car motors. Her brother, Bill likes to drive fast. Two years ago Wild Bill said good-bye to Baltimore and hello Miami; two days ago, he disappeared off the face of the earth. He did it while talking to Alex during a phone call in the middle of the night. The call ended in a woman’s scream and silence.

So, what’s a self-respecting sister to do but head down to Miami to find her errant brother and bring him back into the fold. So Alex hops a plane to Miami and begins her search.

She knows her brother had been working on a boat based out of the Miami marina, and has an apartment nearby so that’s where she heads first. When she arrives, she finds his spare key and lets herself in. She’s faced with the aftermath of a tornado that ripped through the apartment some time recently. Fearing the worst, she heads for the marina and the Flex II to see what she can find out about her missing brother.

It’s at the marina that she runs into Sam Hooker the famous NASCAR driver. Sam’s looking for Bill too because Bill evidently “borrowed” Sam’s boat.

What Alex and Sam find out about what Bill is involved in they are swept up in the international intrigue and danger of sunken treasure that involves Russian weapons and Cuban gold.Foiling foreign agents and corrupt government agents alike is no small feat!

In typical Evanovich style, this tale has all of the trademark innuendo, humor and quirky characters that so delight Evanovich fans.

Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich
Published by Harper Collins Books 2004
ISBN 0-06-058400-9