The Caracas Girl
"You think you've targeted a silly young girl, do you? You have no idea what you've started"
When Nelson Leatherby escapes a claustrophobic marriage in Norwalk and seeks to start a new life in Savannah, he has no idea of the mayhem that awaits him. Stoic and good natured, but with a weakness for blundering into life-threatening situations, Leatherby is quickly surrounded by shallow cheats, vicious killers, eccentric buffoons, and—remarkable new friends.
His longing for a singularly beautiful woman, Dominique Panadero, leads Leatherby on a hasty trip to Maduro’s Venezuela, dashing from the streets of Caracas to the dusty cattle ranches of Los Llanos, all while being pursued by rival human-trafficking cartels. In the process, he discovers personal resources that he never imagined possessing.
Although packed with comic situations, the narrative touches on the alarming prevalence of human trafficking, a scourge which has reached epidemic proportions in the United States, Europe and Asia. With over twenty million victims worldwide, modern-day slavery surpasses both weapons and drug trading as an international menace.
What people are saying...
"Good solid suspenseful novel. Timely topics - sex trafficking, upheaval in Venezuela crossed with a genuinely likable main character. I didn’t want to put it down" - J. B. Peloso
"A genuine page-turner with a thoroughly lovable hero, the winsome Nelson Leatherby! Can hardly wait to see what come next from Mr. Wiles" - S. Beatty
"...a great summer read. Witty, exciting and very topical. I enjoyed it immensely" - Amazon Customer
"A fast read that's often downright racy! The characters are true characters...the story moves quickly, like a screenplay...about an all too real and serious issue--human trafficking" - G. Smith
"Both important and entertaining, this book exposes the horrors sex trafficking in the context of the often amusing, always exciting, adventures of sexy protagonist Nelson Leatherby. This is Wiles' second Leatherby novel. His first, Lord Soufflé, is an equally delightful read. I highly recommend both" - J. Levin
