Cultured

<B>Money, sex, power. Jonathon Lindemann offers it all—just don’t mind the missing girls.</B><BR/><BR/> Jake Longly, ex-pro baseball player turned restauranteur, is back where he belongs: relaxing on the beach in front of his restaurant in Gulf Shores, Alabama. His peace is interrupted, however, when he receives a call from his private investigator father—April Wilkerson has gone missing from Lindemann Farms, the rustic, yet posh, resort built by self-help and financial guru Jonathon Lindemann.<BR/><BR/> Lindemann, founder of The Lindemann Method (TLM), recruits wealthy people to join his program, charging a hefty entry fee but in return promising huge financial gains and self-enlightenment. Jake’s celebrity status makes him the best person for the case.<BR/><BR/> When Jake and his girlfriend, Nicole, go on an undercover visit to Lindemann Farms, some suspicious activity makes them wonder about the legitimacy of TLM. Soon, a private conversation with one of the girls hired to work at the resort reveals their unorthodox, and immoral, recruitment methods.<BR/><BR/> As the layers peel away, darker edges appear. Does Jonathon truly make money for his investors, or is he a scam artist? Is April merely the latest in a series of missing young women? Jake and Nicole need to find her, and soon, before TLM catches wind of their true reasons for visiting the farm.<BR/><BR/><B>Perfect for fans of Carl Hiaasen and Janet Evanovich</B><BR/><BR/> While all of the novels in the Jake Longly Thriller Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:<BR/><BR/><I>Deep Six</I><BR/><I>A-List</I><BR/><I>Sunshine State</I><BR/><I>Rigged</I><BR/><I>The OC</I><BR/><I>Cultured</I>