precious cargo
charlie noble former coast guard officer turned marine pi is back . this time he is hot on the trail of a human trafficking scheme that begins in mexico ... and ends in murder . p still reeling from the untimely death of his wife charlie begins to warm to the idea of a second chance at true love with new girlfriend kate sullivan . these plans are quickly docked when boating friends marvin and angela baynes come to him with a horrifying discovery the body of an unidentified young woman impaled on the flukes of their boat anchor . the bayneses themselves lost a child years ago . no stranger to loss charlie finds it impossible not to help them even though it could mean putting his new romance in jeopardy . p charlie enlists a friend raven a native american salvage diver . together the pair plunge beneath the waters of puget sound to seek out any clues about the identity of the dead woman and how she wound up there . but they find more bodies instead all young all female all hispanic . soon charlie finds himself navigating a course that leads him through the choppy waters of transporting human cargo and right into the seedy underworld of the northwests sex trade . p with its fresh nautical flavor riveting mystery and incredible depth of humanity precious cargo is a winner from clyde ford that is truly unique and compulsively readable .