Isla Grande
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION.1994 Silver Mountain Press trade paperback, Richard Hughes. Twenty-year-old Roger Lord, an American college student, is in a quandary when he learns that his parents have disappeared. The Lords operate a small tourist hotel on Panama's Isla Grande and have been missing for over three weeks. Roger, the quintessential naive gringo, arrives in Panama totally unprepared to conduct an investigation; he is increasingly mystified, especially after finding a stash of guns and cocaine on his father's boat. As Roger delves deeper into his parents' questionable activities, he crosses swords with some nasty individuals and finds himself in life-threatening situations. - Amazon