Risk Required

Marcus Beckham paed his pipe, flicked the lighter, then puffed 5 times — the exact same thing he did every time he felt like indulging. “She’s really quite naive, isn’t she?” Another puff. “Still she serves our purposes nicely I think...”

Daniel Carstairs glanced toward the generous window, noting Miami’s stormy skies. “A storm is brewing.” he commented as he returned his attention to his junior partner. “And I’m not talking about the weather...”

A snort. “She’s expendable — if things aren’t as we desire, then we simply make other arrangements. It’s really a rather basic solution...”

Carstairs stood, his intention clear as he headed for Beckham’s office door. “Should we find it’s not as simple as you pronounce, there will be consequences. If you’re not familiar with them, it will behoove you to become enlightened.” His hand on the door knob, he turned, his eyes signaling the message he meant to deliver. “This better work, Marcus...”

When Declan Kilgarry and Colbie Colleen joined forces against a hush-hush and illicit environmental triumvirate, partners of Kilgarry, Bryson and Colleen Investigations find themselves mired in danger, intrigue, and murder, Unsuspecting of undercurrents catapulting them into alarming and deadly situations, each embarks on a case separate from the others. Their intentions clear...make out a alive.

Author Faith Wood’s Risk Required transports readers into the lives of Declan Kilgarry and Colbie Colleen, each preferring their own investigative style. Interweaving individual idiosyncrasies, Wood creates an unfamiliar tension as they discover true intentions, deceit, the knowledge that life is precious.