Fallen Mangrove: A Jesse McDermitt Novel

Written by Wayne Stinnett

Narrated by Nick Sullivan

A Spanish treasure ship is driven by a hurricane onto the rocky shoreline of Elbow Cay in September of 1566. Few of the crew survive, but they manage to salvage most of the treasure and bury it on the island, leaving a clue to its location in a chest placed in the boughs of a young mangrove tree. Four hundred forty years later, Jesse McDermitt and his friends solve the riddle that was hidden inside a chest found encased in the now-ancient mangrove.

When the head of the Miami-based Croatian mob learns about the treasure he goes to great lengths and expense, in an attempt to relieve Jesse and his friends of the riches. A demented, hyper-sexed island woman also wants it for her own, as does a hot-shot Miami attorney and his son, who is married to Jesse's estranged daughter.

As the body count grows, will the crew of Gaspar's Revenge find the treasure or become one of the island's statistics?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Down Island Press
• Release date: Dec 17, 2015
• ISBN: 9781956026108

Reviews for Fallen Mangrove

[Michael Stevens · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved the depictions of the sea and islands around the Keys and the Bahamas. Loved the drama of the story...so well written. Love Wayne's body of work.

[jpodlaski_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Fallen Mangrove is by far the best book in the Jesse McDermitt series to date. The format here is similar to Clive Cussler and his Dirk Pitt adventures at sea...this story begins in the 15th century and then moves to present time with Jesse and company. Somebody had double-crossed Jesse and planted a bug on his boat several weeks earlier, and unknowingly, the team continues working diligently on board to decipher a cryptic coconut that has passed through several generations of Doc's family. The third party, listening in to these discussions, pull out all the stops when it is discovered that the writing on the coconut is a secret riddle leading to millions of dollars of buried treasure. Now the race begins! Mr. Stinnett keeps readers on the edge of their seats as the story unfolds...there are pretty women, hired killers, gun battles, a practicing witch in the black arts with a briefcase full of secret potions, innocents die, and Jesse's two estranged daughters suddenly show up after many years; one is a free spirit and the other married to a lawyer in Miami, pregnant with Jesse's first grandchild due very soon. Will Jesse change his ways now that his daughters are back in his life? Team members are drugged and double-crossed - all is not what it seems. Is there actually buried treasure? what kind of ties does Jesse's pregnant daughter have with the villains in the story? You'll have to read the story for these answers!Great job Wayne! Looking forward to the next book in the series which is due out next month!John Podlaski, authorCherries - A Vietnam War Novel