Zipper

By Ed Merwede

Jimmy Walker dies from a gunshot at Logan Airport. After his death, his daughter, named Amanda, remembers that his baggage is still on the flight to the Cayman Islands. She is sure it contains all the money from his last (almost) successful heist. She finds his longtime connection on Long Island and asks him to assist her in the pursuit of retrieving that bag with all the money.

His name is Alfredo, but his nickname is Zip. Their connection and agreed pursuit to get the money leads to an electrifying encounter with the forces of good and evil. Who will win? Read on.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 3, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524540968

Ed Merwede

ED MERWEDE, also the author of “DONE!” started his career with Yale University Press. After eleven years as plant superintendent, he went on to manage three other printing companies before starting his own business with his wife, Ellen. That business, PrintAbility, operated for fourteen successful years, before the couple retired to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In the late 1990s, the author was diagnosed with syringomyelia, caused by a very severe crash while serving on a US Naval Air Station. Ed is listed as 100 percent disabled with the Veterans Affairs Office. His wife of thirty-five years, Ellen, died in November of 2014. He is now living in an assisted living facility on Cape Cod.

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Zipper

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Copyright © 2016 by Ed Merwede.

Copyedited by Franchesca Lee

Reviewed by Chris Anthony Ferrer

Library of Congress Control Number:  2016914624

ISBN:   Hardcover   978-1-5245-4098-2

             Softcover     978-1-5245-4097-5

             eBook         978-1-5245-4096-8

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Rev. date: 09/30/2016

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Contents

Where’s the Bag?

Chapter One

A Little Background

Chapter Two

Flight to the Cayman Islands

Chapter Three

Getting to Know You

Chapter Four

The Bag Pick-Up

Chapter Five

Make Plans with Amanda

Chapter Six

Don Grazi’s Decision

Chapter Seven

Assault on the Home of Evil

Chapter Eight

Looking at Death in the Eye

Chapter Nine

May We Rest in Peace

Epilogue

Zipper is the sequel

of my previous book,

Sorry, the Number You Dialed

Is No Longer Available.

This book is dedicated

to my friend

Tony Baloney Germann,

who stood by me during the

worst time of my life.

He is a retired air force colonel

who stands tall among men

of honor.

Where’s the

Bag?

Chapter One

Amanda Walker, the daughter of Jimmy Walker, was devastated when she heard the news about her father. Jimmy had just pulled off the most successful heist in Cape Cod history. He almost made it to the Cayman Islands when fate played a part in his scheme. His partner Paul died of a heart attack just after takeoff! The plane turned around and went back to Logan Airport so the body could be removed. This is when Jimmy got off the plane, under the pretense of finding Paul’s daughter, and made a run for it. He almost made it—almost being the keyword. A world-class expert shot by a policeman at the gate he crashed through—that was the beginning of the end for Jimmy. His stolen car slowed down and went into a grass gulley where the police found Jimmy dead at the wheel.

After getting the news, Amanda went to Boston to claim her father’s body and all his personal belongings. Amanda was not dumb or unaware of her father’s activities. She immediately called her father’s contact on Long Island and asked if her father owed him