Laura Lost Her Smile

"Laura Lost Her Smile is a thriller depicting jazz cornet player, Dax Bolton, and his chance meeting with Laura, a German-born, classically trained dancer, rehearsing for an off-Broadway show. Laura and Dax have known each other a short two weeks when Laura disappears. Dax learns that Laura's father is being held in Russia by splinter group of the Russian Mafia, known as DAV-D. The story will involve the NYPD, INTERPOL, CIA, and FBI Agents, and ultimately, Mexican Federales. This novel is a reminder that the human journey is never-ending—despite our failures in love, failures in seeking lost treasures, failures in seeking our lost selves—we want to drink from the River Lethe, the river of Oblivion in mythology, but we cannot—we keep trying to find true romance, we keep searching for fame and fortune. It's not about the object of the journey, it's about the journey itself…we may never find the Temple of Gold, we may never find that one true love, but no matter, we keep trying…we keep trying…"