Patty Sleem

Fall from Grace Patty Sleem

WINNER OF HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS in both the General Fiction and Spiritual Categories, London Book Festival, 2014. A fast-paced mystery which provides a unique perspective on the business of human trafficking. FALL FROM GRACE is the second novel in Patty Sleem's Maggie Mysteries. The first novel was BACK IN TIME. From an orphanage in Moldova to Jamaica and other islands in the Caribbean, London, Dubai, Russia, Germany, and Mexico, follow the lives of girls ensnared in sex trafficking in some of the world's most glamorous locations. Peek inside the business of trafficking humans, meet the brains behind this multibillion-dollar business, understand human slavery from a business perspective, and learn how human trafficking kingpins operate. Meet top managers of the human trafficking business and listen to their predictions for profitability, market share, future opportunities, and potential pitfalls. Watch as the tycoons try to recover from a catastrophe that could reveal their secrets and topple their worldwide empire. Get to know an orphanage director who becomes embroiled in a murder mystery that threatens to derail her marriage and career--if she lives through it. Meet the wealthy Jamaican who adopts her cause as his own, and travel worldwide with detectives trying to solve the mystery. Be ready to handle the action as chapter after chapter exposes the underbelly of the business of owning, renting, and selling humans. Meet a wealthy British Lord who plays a curious role in the human trafficking network, and follow him as his actions take him from obscurity to notoriety. See how a member of the elite British aristocracy makes his home within the unlikely environment of human trafficking. Become a sleuth yourself as you follow theories and clues revealed by the author in a well-written mystery. Readers will find themselves transported to exciting locations by an author who paints vivid pictures of some of the world's most beautiful landscapes and gardens. Hang out with the jet set and travel first class as the author takes you on an adventure that will open your eyes and stimulate your senses while you learn the inner secrets of the human trafficking business.