When a case of mistaken identity draws Ryan Weller into a CIA operation to disrupt the sale of a small defense contractor to an Iranian front, he’s drawn into the plight of Megan Babcock, a billionaire businesswoman endangered by a conniving and erratic husband. Ranging from Fort Lauderdale to St. Kitts & Nevis to Guyana, Ryan must depend on old friends and a ghost from the past who he hoped never to see again. As the stakes rise, the team must do whatever it takes to rescue Megan and prevent the Iranians from stealing high-tech weaponry to use in their reign of terror across the Middle East.

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An orchestrated attack … A shameless deception … A ghost from the past … When the cargo freighter Mount Olympia is destroyed by fire, the ship’s owner is quick to file an insurance claim against their lost asset. But when the investigator sent to inspect the damage turns up dead, the insurance company dispatches their best investigator, Emily Hunt. Sensing his fiancée might need protection, former Navy EOD tech turned commercial diver Ryan Weller accompanies her to Mexico to complete the inquiry. However, the closer they get to the truth, the larger the body count becomes, and once again Ryan finds himself in the crosshairs of a sinister enemy. Keen to learn how the fire started, Ryan sneaks aboard the stricken vessel. What he finds there goes far beyond insurance fraud …. Dark Fraud is the tenth book in the Ryan Weller Thriller Series. Dive into an ocean of crime with this fast-paced, action-adventure, and conspiracy thriller.

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Ryan Weller has a grudge. The former Navy EOD tech wants to put an international arms dealer out of business. Jim Kilroy's mistake was selling guns to the Atzlan Cartel, who tried to start a war with the U.S. Ryan leverages his contacts at Homeland Security to gain information on Kilroy, but Kilroy has the blessing of the U.S. government, and Ryan's actions are unsanctioned. Instead of putting Kilroy out of business, Ryan finds himself partnering with the arms dealer to deliver a ship full of weapons to a Haitian warlord and to escape a two-million dollar bounty . Can Ryan navigate bounty hunters, rival warlords, and a hurricane to survive?

New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.