The secrets Joe Jesso took to his grave could get Matt Seattle killed. For Matt, a Sarasota stockbroker, the elderly Jesso had been a client and close friend. But after Joe’s unexpected death, Matt discovers the money his friend invested with him was embezzled from a drug cartel. Now the cartel is threatening him to get the money. Joe’s scheming wife of a week, fifty years his junior, and her shyster lawyer are demanding it, too. Matt, with the help of private investigator Tory Knight, must figure how to get the two groups at each other’s throats instead of his. Masterfully plotted, Blindsided delivers twists, turns, and thrills, right to the very last page.

Jay Giles is an award-winning writer in a different genre—advertising. You’ve seen his work on national television and in magazines and newspapers. During his career as an agency writer and creative director, he has marketed products from automobiles to whisky, earning more than 500 honors for creative excellence. He and his wife divide their time between homes in Cincinnati and Sarasota.