This is the 4th book in the R.O.P.E. Squad series. R.O.P.E. stands for Repeat Offenders Parole Enforcement. This new adventure features Detective Jude Fox as he tries to prove that he didn't kill two policemen who were shot to death while he was trying to capture a fugitive parolee. He wakes up lying on the pavement in an alley and sees his girlfriend standing over him, looking down at him as he lies on the pavement, asking if he is dead yet. "Not yet. But soon. replies the man standing beside her. After they leave Jude to die, a gang of criminals rescue him. Jude sees a news program that offers $100,000 for his arrest. The criminals who rescued him, take him to a yacht owned by the superstar Talia Chadwick. Lacey J. Lee is Talia Chadwick's daughter. She has a career as an agent who is working undercover for the R.O.P.E.Squad. Jude Fox and Lacey J. Lee try to keep Jude safe as they investigate the mystery of what happened when the two policemen were shot. Complications arise when there is a plot by the criminals to meet a cartel ship and offload their drug shipment. And if that isn't enough to complicate Jude's situation, someone is trying to murder Talia Chadwick. Lacey J. Lee and Jude Fox must capture a fugitive parolee, keep Lacey J.Lee's mother Talia Chadwick from being murdered, and stop a drug smuggling operation. Can they keep each other alive while they work to foil the plots against them?

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