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The Lodge: A Tale of Corruption
The Lodge: A Tale of Corruption
The Lodge: A Tale of Corruption
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The Los Osos Stags Lodge, a charitable fraternal order, is selling prime beachfront property along the central California coast. Harry Warreners best friend, Randy Lismore, dies in a bizarre incident. At the inquest into the death, an FBI agent reveals startling connections to organized crime.

Harry begins an investigation and joins the Stags. He meets and falls in love with Janet Zimmer. Together with Thor, Harrys German shepherd, they uncover corruption that has spread from a mansion in San Francisco to the Stags officers, county officials, and construction executives. The corrupt, inept Stags have exploited archaic rules and weaknesses in the management of charities. Kickbacks have been demanded and millions of dollars skimmed through a mobbed-up agent.

As the investigation unfolds, Harry, an ex-Navy SEAL, who panicked in his first and only combat experience in Vietnam, is forced to confront the fears and insecurities that have haunted him for over thirty years.

LanguageEnglish
PublisheriUniverse
Release dateOct 20, 2009
ISBN9781440172090
The Lodge: A Tale of Corruption
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David H. Brandin

David H. Brandin is the author of several award-winning novels that include The Horns of Moses, The Lodge: A Tale of Corruption, and Willful Intent. His short stories collections include The Earthquake Prophet and Wings. Brandin is a retired mathematician and computer scientist who served as vice-president of SRI, and as president of the Association for Computing Machinery. Today, he studies classical piano, is a master scuba diver, and resides on the Central California coast.

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