Can't Sing or Dance

by Daniel J. Barrett

Overview

Retired Chief Petty Officer Tom Jones was murdered in his apartment complex in Orlando in what appeared to be a "drug deal gone bad." The police won't even do an autopsy on a dead drug dealer. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Joe Traynor is asked by Tom's daughter to look into his death. His investigation ultimately leads to the largest meth case on the southeastern seaboard. In the meantime, the Russian Mafia, unhappy with being ripped off by Julie Chapman's father, seek revenge. Her father's death, once again comes back to haunt her and her grandmother, Tillie, placing their lives--and Joe's--in danger once again.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161491140
Publisher:	Black Opal Books
Publication date:	04/29/2015
Series:	Conch Town Girl , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	449 KB

About the Author

Daniel J. Barrett was born in Rutland, Vermont and has lived his entire life in Troy, New York, ten miles north of Albany. He is a graduate of both Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y. with a BS in Finance, and from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y, with an MBA in Management. He has had a varied career, first as a commercial banker, then as the chief accountant and manager of financial and strategic planning for a large division of a major international corporation. He has extensive international experience, traveling worldwide.

Barrett has also served as the first executive director for economic development for a county in New York State, and as the first lay director for a Catholic shrine in Massachusetts. For the last twenty years, he has served as a financial, strategic planning, and educational consultant to corporations, non-profit organizations, colleges and universities, and government agencies.

Currently, he serves as a grant writing and development and strategic planning consultant for a major non-profit organization in the Capital Region of New York State. Barrett continues to live in Troy and has been married to his wife, Sandy, for 43 years. They have three children, Sean, Eileen, and Ryan, and four grandchildren, Shannon, Caden, Megan, and Declan.

An avid reader, and inspired by numerous authors, Barrett has read over 1,300 books in the last five years in preparation to write his first novel, Conch Town Girl. He continues to work, as a consultant, serving those most at risk in the Capital Region.

Editorial Reviews

Can't Sing or Dance is a good sequel to the first one in the series, Conch Town Girl. The author seems to be coming into his own, and his writing is much improved. The pace is much faster than in the first book. This book is a page turner and should hold your interest from beginning to end.

http://www.blackopalbooks.com - Taylor Jones

Can't Sing or Dance is the second book in the Conch Town Girl series, and I have to admit that I was impressed with the author's improvement. This book is much more in the moment than the last one, much faster paced, and has a lot more action. It still has the home town community feel of the first book, but I found it much more riveting. The book has a ring of truth that tells me the author has either been in the Coast Guard, or did a tremendous amount of research.

http://www.blackopalbooks.com - Regan Murphy