William Vanpoyck

Quietus William Vanpoyck

Wily Miami burglar Danny Sullivan, born withthe extreme gene but increasingly covered by the darkness of fate's lengtheningshadow, determines to conclude his parlous career by heisting a priceless coincollection, enabling him to retire and marry his sweetly ingenuous fiance,while still resolutely hugging his secret. The target, an enigmatic Germanmillionaire, as reclusive as a badger, sits ensconced in his palatial PalmBeach estate, his big double-door Heidelberg safe bulging with promises...cash,gold, diamonds, emeralds, pearls, and mysterious amber artifacts...and acrushingly heavy burden of cloaked, malevolent secrets. . . . But Danny'sactions unleash a tsunami of unforeseen consequences encompassing the spectrumof the human condition...love, death, betrayal, greed, altruism, revenge...whileilluminating a constellation of singular characters...robbers, smugglers,killers, crooked cops and corrupt lawyers...and painting a poignant portrait of acomplex man doomed by his own flaws. . . . With his dreams inexplicablycratered and his life circling the drain Danny wrestles with his own warringimpulses, clutching at his final chance for redemption. A mounting cascade ofdouble-crosses, murders, ambushes and betrayals, simmering in an aspic of international intrigue, inexorably leads to thefinal denouement, one resonating with life's timeless themes.