Wingate Beach

WINGATE BEACH is a novel about African American Detective Antone Wester, who moved from the Big Apple after taking down one of New York City's most notorious crime lords for a somewhat more peaceful and leisure lifestyle in the small town of Wingate Beach. Murder and kidnapping has disrupted the tranquility of this quiet beautiful beach town causing chaos and distrust among its residents. To further complicate matter, feisty Jaquisha Hawkins, the woman who found the body and, who happens to be a neighbor of the grieving widower makes her the perfect suspect. This bodacious suspect is causing trouble for this hard hitting detective who usually plays by all the rules, sending his heart into overdrive, leading him into a thrilling pursuit of the perpetrator deep into the bosom of the Cloud Forest of Costa Rica, and a riveting retrieving of the kidnapped victim in the Mexican Peninsula of Baja. California. Jacqueline West is an African American fifty plus young who enjoys writing for fun. She has been married to her husband Tony for almost twenty-nine years. This is her first novel proving that it is never too late. She also enjoys writing poetry. She writes to please her readers and hope her fans will enjoy reading as much as she enjoys writing.