Nobody's Inn Key West: A Place To Die For (Bric Wahl) - Softcover

Gales, Wayne

9781981914098: Nobody's Inn Key West: A Place To Die For (Bric Wahl)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1981914099 ISBN 13: 9781981914098

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Russel Bricklin “Bric” Wahl has decided to dial his manic life down a little. Bric and his buddy John “Rumpy” Rumpendorfer have joined to convert his millions in gold treasure by buying a peaceful and historic mansion and converting it into a luxurious adults-only bed & breakfast with a clothing optional pool and a staff that makes Nobody’s Inn the perfect Key West Hideaway. But a haunted house with three ghosts and a huge, antique, emerald studded cross from the 1715 Spanish plate fleet wrecks make life at the mansion far from uneventful. Treasure seekers, both legitimate and crooked, old family members, and a few new characters keep things interesting. There’s something different every day at Nobody’s Inn.

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From the Author:

Ah here we are book number four. Bric's a little older but not much wiser (he still thinks too much with the little head). You would think running a bed and breakfast would be a dull job, but not for Bric Wahl, or I mean Russell Phillips. Ghosts, thieves, murderers, sexy MILFs and a huge emerald/ruby crusted gold cross keeps things lively. Stay tuned.
I have a few people to acknowledge. Thanks to Bill Black, inspiration for my character Matt Black, for giving me excellent background information about the 1715 fleet that wrecked in a hurricane off Sebastian Inlet three hundred years ago. So far, millions in gold, silver and gems have been recovered, and they estimate there's still over half a billion left undiscovered. Bill's out there nearly every day looking. Someday will be his day. Although the story is made up, Bill assures me it's possible. Keep on keeping on.
I recently sort of retired. Tina and I sold our wonderful home in Tamarac, Florida and moved a couple of hours north, to Melbourne, where she grew up. It's not far from the Sebastian area and the site of the 1715 wrecks. I've been inspired by those stories and it's become a big part of this book. The historical story is fascinating. Like most stories, truth is always better than fiction. You'll have to figure where I blur the two.
I dedicate this book to my buddy Tim Hendrix, who sadly took his own life in 2017. He was the basis for my character Tim Heminger, and was really an ex-CIA spook and spoke fluent Italian like a native, running the first Apple computer store in Turin, maintaining surveillance from a back room. I described him perfectly in previous books, immaculately trimmed beard, three-piece suit, polished shoes. And that was the choice of outfits for an off-road car race. I shall miss him dearly.
To my lifelong friend Karen Thurman, the inspiration for Karen Murphy, my love interest in earlier editions. She's my lover only on paper, and my wife and she are close friends. I kissed her hello once in friendship at Busch Gardens in Tampa. (My wife said "give her a kiss for me!") I think it skeeved us both out.
Special thanks to my friend Richard Gray of the Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau for helping make sure I depicted members of the LGBTQ community accurately.
The Brasher Doubloon is real. There are only seven in existence and I made up the eighth. Most recently one sold for over five million dollars. It's the rarest coin in America.
This book is a little shorter than my other three novels. I don't want to fill it full of fluff like other writers do. It's still a complete novel, but more like a series of vignettes than a complete story line. I've been in the hospitality industry more than forty years, and many of the stories are based on fact. You have to figure out which. Like I have said before, Key West's fact is stranger than everyone else's fiction. Key West is just like any other normal little town. Until it isn't.
Where do we go from here? Bric's getting old, and like Stevie Nicks said in a Fleetwood Mac song, I'm getting older too. I tried to kill Bric off at the end of this book, but my wife, Karen, and my amazingly patient editor Lisa Owens wouldn't let me. Let's see where the road leads us. Enjoy

About the Author:

To look at Wayne Gales' life story, you would either think he has a great imagination, or has really packed a lot into his life. Wayne's career includes being an off road motorcycle and car racer, gourmet chef, world traveler (24 countries and all 50 states), airline employee, tour operator, rock & roll and country musician, hotel Sales and Marketing Director, and most lately, published author. "Thirty years ago, I did lots of articles and stories about off road racing," Says Gales. "When I moved to the Florida Keys,I started doing stories for the Key West Citizen. When my wife Tina started working nights a few years ago, I sat down at the keyboard and cranked out most of "Treasure Key" 89 Days." His new novel focuses on a native Conch treasure hunter, Russell Bricklin "Bric" Wahl. Nearly homeless and penniless, Bric finds three gold bars while treasure hunting. While dealing with his apparent newfound wealth, he encounters drug dealers, thieves, an attempted murder, and an unexpected adventure while he tries to navigate his houseboat on a voyage from Key West to Tarpon Springs, experiences that are often humorous, and rarely dull. "Treasure Key" is a fictional novel but many parts of the story ring true. Gales has two teenage children and lived for a time in a houseboat like his fictional main character in the novel. His family heritage goes back in the Keys over ten generations, and the time spent pouring over microfilm in the Key West library presented him with a wealth of historical information that also contributed to the book. His years in Key West gave him opportunity to weave both local people and familiar places into the story that both locals and tourists will enjoy. Waynes retired and lives in central Florida with his wife Tina.

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