Deader Than Dead (The Vinnie Esposito Series, #7) / The Vinnie Esposito Series (ePub)

Vinnie's crisis list is at an all-time low. But her best friend, Lola Trapezi, is in the midst of a family drama. Lola's father threatens to divorce her mother due to an indiscretion Lola's mother had that has finally surfaced. Finding she is not really a Trapezi. Lola is thrown for a loop and has an identity crisis. She flees to Block Island with Vinnie in tow. While on the island, Vinnie finds a dead man bobbing under the dock at Lola's grandmother's cottage which sits on the edge of a salt marsh inlet. In shock, Vinnie not only knows the man, a mobster, no less. She wonders why he's dead and who did the deed.Meanwhile, heads of famous crime families have anchored their humongous yachts just off Block Island's shoreline. Rumor has it that a meeting between the powerful men, who run illegal operations, is in the works. The island is flooded with undercover FBI agents, the small police department is pressed to maintain order, and Vinnie lands in the middle of it all.While Lola works her way through her own problems, her life takes a wild turn when she is kidnapped. With plans to rescue her friend, Vinnie comes upon another dead body, who also happens to be a mobster like the first dead man. Having known both men, Vinnie throws caution to the wind and sets out to solve the murders, clear herself of suspicion, and rescue Lola. Her investigation leads her where no one wants to go, whether it's onshore or in the Atlantic Ocean. . .