Dark Deeds Av Mike Brooks

<B>In the third book of the “entertaining” (<i>Kirkus Reveiws</i>) Keiko series, Captain Ichabod Drift and his crew find themselves in another mess as a ship-wide vacation leads to their second-in-command taken hostage by the planet’s criminal mastermind.</B><BR><BR>After the riotous civil war in <i>Dark Sky</i>, the crew of the <i>Keiko</i> decides to go on vacation at an illegal gambling port for a little fun. What they don’t realize is that the casinos are run by an ex-client who didn’t get his shipment due to the war. The mob boss decides to take Tamara Rouke, the <i>Keiko</i>’s second-in-command, and hold her hostage until the crew raises enough money to pay him back for the lost shipment. If they don’t pay up in time, Rouke will be killed.<BR><BR>Captain Ichabod Drift and his crew agree. But as they find a way to get the funds, one will betray everyone and one will die…