It wasn t at all like Hazel to go off without a word to Drake. But she did. He tried calling her at the motel, but they said she d just checked out. No, no messages.

Drake figured he d better do a little checking on his own.

Which is why he went to see Hazel s business manager, Nate Pepperan, in Hudson. It had been Pepperman s phone call which had taken Hazel to Hudson in the first place. Nate would surely know where she was.

But Nate wasn t telling. How could he, with his throat slit?

"Operation Whiplash" a tense, blood-pounding tale of mayhem, murder, and the Mafia with Drake, the Man with Nobody s Face.