Al and Owen return to the Dragon Blood Islands, only to be captured by Captain Slitgut. He forces them to walk the plank and they are sucked into the dreaded Dead Man's Whirlpool. No one makes it out of there alive?Or do they?

DIVDIVSoon after the Beaumont is sold, its new owner is found dead in Suite 912/divDIVWhen crushing debts force the proprietor of the world-famous Beaumont Hotel to offload his prized possession to the ruthless tycoon J. W. Sassoon, hotel manager Pierre Chambrun and his staff brace for change. But the threat isn’t J.W., it’s his son, Johnny-baby—a cigar-puffing playboy whose bright ideas for “modernizing” one of Manhattan’s most elegant destinations amount to nothing more than sleaze. When he suggests that the Spartan Bar’s cigarette girls go topless, Chambrun quits, leaving the hapless wannabe to fend for himself. /divDIV /divDIVChambrun retires to his penthouse to write his memoirs, waiting for the inevitable crisis to force his return. It comes in the form of a dead body, Johnny-baby’s father, who is found in Suite 912 with a tap on his phone and a call girl’s underwear on the floor. To save his hotel, Chambrun is happy to come out of retirement—and clean up Johnny-baby’s mess./div /div

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The Excelsior Hotel and Casino. Built in Las Vegas in 1960 by mobster Louis “The Lip” LaFica. For decades the towering hotel has been the subject of incredible stories and rumors that have kept it in the public eye the world around. Why have so many lovers been mysteriously, magically, magnetically drawn to this magnificent edifice? And why now have so many bestselling authors at last come together to reveal the adventures of these lovers who have stayed at the glorious Excelsior?

The Dead Man’s Luggage By: Kristin Rux “Fear makes people live lives they regret.” The regular guy paused significantly, “Do you regret your life, Jeff?” Jeff seemed to be the quintessential male of society: generous, avid reader, and notable traveler. The truth? He deceived and accomplished little more than the accumulation of material belongings. Now in death, Jeff is forced to watch as his beloved possessions get redistributed to complete strangers, triggering him to take an introspective journey into the life he allowed to be dictated by fear. Join Jeff on this tumultuous adventure of acceptance, courage, strength, and, ultimately, the justification of his life.