The Silken Baroness Contract

From the Edgar Award–nominated author:An agent for hire plays bodyguard to a titled beauty in Tenerife—and mixes partying with peril . . .   Joe Gall, freelance operative, is assigned to protect a beautiful baroness under threat—and solve the mystery of who is after her. That means heading to the Canary Islands—and playing the part of a rich, hard-drinking American in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it . . .   "[Philip Atlee is] the John D. MacDonald of espionage fiction." —Larry McMurtry, The New York Times   "I admire Philip Atlee's writing tremendously." —Raymond Chandler