Russell Bricklin "Bric" Wahl and his girlfriend Karen Murphy are rich beyond their wildest dreams, but they have paid a price. After a faked drowning and new names, courtesy of the Witness Protection Program, they can travel all over the world and live the life of the rich and famous, but all they really want to do is go home. They know as long as they stay far from Key West they will be safe. Or will they?This third novel in the "Bric Wahl" series takes Bric and Karen on an amazing voyage, first by motor home across the US and then on a sixty-one foot sailing yacht, visiting ports in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Pacific Ocean before they set sail for Key West. They feel safe traveling under their new identities and enjoy their surroundings, believing the people who want to harm them are far away. Or are they? Resigned to leaving Key West forever, they both wonder if all the wealth is worth the loss. After all, the only thing they really wanted was a slice of Key West Normal, and now they have to hide for the rest of their lives. Or do they? Bric and Karen hatch a plan that will let them sneak back to the keys under disguise, but after they return, Bric discovers some disturbing activities in Key West. He takes action, knowing that it may very well end his relationship with the love of his life..

Key West Normal (Bric Wahl Series Book 3): The Whole Ball of Whacks

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Gales, Wayne

Mystery

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Children run and play at the beach in this 24-page book by award-winning author Wayne Gales with illustrations by Lori Kus.

Sun, Surf, Sand and the Salty Sea

Children's Books

Animals

Independently published

From the Author My late father, Frank Gales, reminded me several years ago to "write about what I know." I've been writing most of my adult life, mostly travel stories with a few stabs at some fictional short stories. I've always felt I had a book in me, and the concept of this story, about living on a houseboat in Key West, has been rattling around in my head for years. The true definition of fiction is a story about things that could happen. Everything in the novel definitely could happen, and in fact, much of it did happen. Fiction is blurred by truth in much of this story, both the historical part and the contemporary story. There was a fleet of Spanish ships sunk in 1733, and there are several stories about a large horde of gold and silver that was hauled off and hidden by Jefferson Davis and his Confederate cabinet at the end of the Civil War. Greek spongers did invade the Keys and were not welcome, and there was an attempted coup in Grenada. Look it all up.Personally, I lived in Key West off and on for nearly seven years in the 90's, and the last year I was there I lived in the exact houseboat that I write about. I do play music, and I'm an avid snorkeler, if not diver, but my son is an experienced diver and is accurately portrayed in the story. Both my kids are black belts in Tai-Kwan-Do. Virtually all the remaining characters in the novel are real people, or based on real people. My friends in the Keys have learned to be kind to me to avoid being killed in the sequel. I guess the only truly made-up person in the book, is me. But then again, who gets to live their life vicariously through themselves? A true paradox.I released this book through a publishing company in 2010 under the title Doorstop on a Houseboat in Key West. While it did get my book published, it was full of typos and errors, and the publisher did diddly squat to market my product and then added insult to injury by putting it on Amazon and Barnes and Noble at highway robbery prices. My last royalty check was a dollar eighty four cents. I got the publisher to release the book back to me early in 2013. Now it has a new name, fewer mistakes, a much better ending, and leads well into the sequel, "Key West Camouflage."Thanks to Karen Thurman for her help in developing both of our characters. Thanks to Stumpy (Rumpy) for being a character. Thank you Lisa Owens for the non-stop patience it takes to edit my poor punctuation. And of course a special thank you to my lovely wife Tina for enduring endless hours of my reading phrases, snippets and chapters while I tried to turn an idea into a novel, and taking the amazing photograph we used for the cover.I want to give special thanks to my ex landlord (the houseboat owner) and very good personal friend, Bob Moran, former Vice President of Treasure Salvors, Inc, the late Mel Fisher's company. Bob was part of the team that eventually discovered the most famous shipwreck in history, the Nuestra Senora de Atocha. Bob was able to provide both technical assistance and some great anecdotal stories about diving for treasure in the Keys.I dedicate this book to Bob. Product Description In this first novel of the series, we find former Navy Seal, Russell Bricklin “Bric” Wahl as the guy that every Key West local knows and every tourist wants to be. Relaxed, tanned by island sun and comfortable in his skin, he slides onto a barstool next to you at Schooner Wharf and lets you buy him a beer. Ex-Navy Seal, Key West native and full-time treasure diver, Bric has been searching for a fortune in gold and silver in the Florida Keys his whole life. Today he may have found it, but not the treasure he expected. Diving on a sunken Spanish Galleon, he finds three massive gold bars, not from the wreck that sunk in 1733, but apparently from the Civil War. Bric thinks he’s finally unearthed his fortune. Or has he? Review "Wayne Gales' novel makes you long for the good old days in Key West with mo

Treasure Key (A Bric Wahl Mystery)

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This is a sequel to Treasure Key, a compilation of short stories rewritten to create a story line. A lot of Treasure Key was quasi-autobiographical that Gales pulled out of his head and from his heart. Key West Camouflage, he pulled “out of the blue sky (or my ass).” It’s much different, a little more action, a little more sex, a lot more mystery. Gales drew on past experiences, including his many trips to Baja California as part of several race teams in events like the Baja 1000. Take this second slam-bam adventure with a former Navy Seal, professional treasure diver and rock and roll bass player, Russell Bricklin. “Bric” Wahl was a penniless, nearly homeless, single father, living hand to mouth in Key West, working on a salvage boat – until he found three large Civil War era gold bars. That made things different.

Key West Camouflage: Hide in Plain Sight (The Bric Wahl Mystery Series)

From the Author Pick six! Enter the next and the final chapter of Bric Wahl's story. Bric's getting older, and like Stevie Nicks sang, "I'm getting older too. I've lived my life vicariously through Bric's adventures, (as many of you have) for over a decade, and it's time for both of us to take a little breather. Since finishing Everybody's Bar,I've had a few health issues, and I figured I had better start writing shorter books. Last year I collaborated with one of Tina's childhood school chums, Lori Kus, and, with her amazing illustrations, wrote two delightful kids'books, We Wish To Fish, Sun Sand, Surf and the Salty Sea, and produced one more, The Great Dog Possum. I got We Wish to Fish translated into Spanish, French, Portuguese and German. They were popular with friends, family, and loyal readers. We didn't sell millions, but it was still fun. Let's do more.For the second time in two years I'm excited to be a runner-up in the annual Key West Whodunit Mystery Writing Competition, first with Everybody's Bar in 2019 and now with Southernmost Exposure. It's a great honor. Thank you. Now I'm an award-winning author an award winning chef, and in resort marketing. Two more awards and I make Ace. Two more awards and a dollar, and I can buy a cup of coffee.Like always, I would like to recognize a few people. I'm remiss if I don't take note of my new publisher, Absolutely Amazing E Books and Shirrel Rhodes, co-founder of Mystery Writers Key West and the successor for many years to the late and famous Stan Lee at Marvel Comics. Hats off to my new Audible.com narrator Ross Pipkin. Ross is a Key West local and knows all the haunts, local places, and most important the idiomatic lingo of this crazy rock. As always, thanks to Bill Black, a real treasure hunter, who reviews my treasure hunting segments and helps keep it accurate. A nod to my old airline buddy Mark"Caretaker" Strussenberg, who reviews everything that locks and loads, making sure a seventh-century pirate isn't shooting enemies with an AK-47. Of course,I can't do this without the love and support of my wife Tina, and the editing skill of Lisa Owens, also a lifelong friend.As I complete book #6, my beloved keys, and for that matter the whole world are in the grips of the first pandemic in a hundred years. The keys are closed to tourism and so many of my friends who live literally hand to mouth, paycheck to paycheck, are in dire straits. Unlike a hurricane, where a personal disaster merely forces people to move to better opportunities, either temporarily or forever. This is global and there's nowhere to run to. My heart goes out to my friends. Why not include corona virus in the book? As devastating as this is today,the saying "This too shall pass" has never been more true. Hopefully, when this novel is shared decades from now, the immediacy of this disaster will be but a footnote in history.In closing,with sadness, I say goodbye to John Stuempfig. John was a fishing buddy, great friend, and inspiration for my character "Rumpy" who he personally named. We spent many an afternoon near Marvin Key, downing boat drinks and soaking in the bathtub warm waters while munching Key West Pink shrimp. He always got me over fish and was the basis for many a fishing story. I portrayed him as accurately as possible in all the books and he always enjoyed reading about himself.Tragically, John had only finished a few chapters of Everybody's Bar when he left us. I dedicate this book to John. Sail on, pal.See you on the flip side, Product Description When Russell Bricklin “Bric” Wahl’s real identity is revealed by a newspaper reporter, he becomes the target of many past enemies, and jumps at the opportunity to go treasure hunting with an old friend in the Caribbean. The project is funded with the financial help of a mob boss in search of some of the most valuable gold coins ever discovered. With his son joining the expedition as a professional diver, Brody finds love an

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