Slip Time

Bill Roedock thought he’d found “JaiWen,” the middle way. He and his son Mike are living on his forty-eight-foot trawler Lobo Sonriente in Key West. This is as close as he will come to mainstream America.
On a November morning, Roedock receives a call from an old friend, Julian Jackson, a former MI6 operative turned London solicitor. Thus begins a wave of events that will challenge all of Roedock’s skills and resources.
Roedock is hired to find a woman and young child who have disappeared in Thailand. A simple “find and fetch” turns into a quagmire of intrigue, violence and deception. Sonya Merill is the most beautiful woman Roedock has ever seen; however, the life she leads in Thailand stinks of corruption. The fact that her current paramour is an ex-colonel who helped implement the Cambodian holocaust tells Roedock he should let go. It is in the old soul eyes of Sonya’s young daughter that he finds reason to finish the job. With the help of his nephew, Ike Wu, and contacts from the old days, the mission is undertaken in a land of secrets, shadows, and memories of soldiers past.

You’ve really nailed it this time. It’s a wonderful read, very fine, tremendous authenticity, grittiness, and heart.
- Thomas Gifford, author of The Wind Chill Factor

I found it great; I want to get your autograph.
- Franklin Miller, CSM (USA Ret.), Medal of Honor Recipient and author of Reflections of a Warrior

Robert Stave is a former Airborne Ranger and graduate of the University of Minnesota. He has worked as an assistant professor, cowboy, rancher, bodyguard, park ranger and dock master in Key West. He is presently medically retired due to his combat experiences. He lives in Delray Beach, Florida, with his wife Pam.