Voyage of Deception

The Golden Star freighter set sail from Hong Kong in 1930 with a mysterious cargo and arrives in San Francisco two weeks later. During the voyage back, those that can speak of this activity are murdered except for one crew member that jumps overboard and miraculously survives to tell the tale on his death bed. 70 years later, Jake Oliver, an accomplished and dynamic hotel executive, is hired to be the new General Manager of the Wilford Plaza Hotel, one of the city's oldest and once premiere hotels with a rich and colorful heritage that has become tarnished overtime. Jake knows very little about the hotel's new overseas owners but welcomes the challenge because his own career and reputation have become somewhat tarnished. Jake Oliver soon encounters Lou Walizak, a labor union president and self-proclaimed strong-arm man who apparently has his own agenda involving the hotel as well as Jackson Chi, the Wilford's owner representative, whose unethical business dealings appear connected to the hotel's upcoming renovation. As each new twist and turn develops in the plot of this story, Jake Oliver presses on to uncover the mysteries that surround the Wilford and those associated with it. The suspense builds when he and his family enter a darker world than anyone could have imagined. Jake is led down many different paths to uncover the truth and must choose wisely whom to trust around him. At the climax of the story, Jake Oliver masterfully juggles those making demands of him and unravels a mystery hidden within the Wilford Plaza Hotel. He exposes the individual that has created a diabolical plan to disgrace those around him, all for personal gain from a voyage of deception that took place 70 years prior! This individual must be stopped and Jake Oliver is the right man for the job! The reader will be drawn to the main character, Jake Oliver, as well as the other colorful characters of this story that cleverly out wit the bad guys and uncover the true secrets buried within