Untold Secret

About the Book

Untold Secret is an action packed mystery adventure, with international settings taking place on a cruise to Puerto Vallarta, underwater in Banderas Bay, inside Dublin Castle, and across the USA. In 1976, Sr. class president Stacey O’Shea vanishes just days before graduation. In 2001, a twenty-five year class reunion announcement kicks off renewed interest in her fate. On the cruise from LA to Mexico, a room safe containing expensive jewelry is broken into. The victim is a member of Stacey's class, and the thief is the ships diving instructor and a Navy SEAL washout. Gary, the schools star athlete, along with Manny, the class comedian, and Kelly and Lisa, were her best friends. Gary owns a successful plastics co. in Pittsburgh, is single and Stacey’s long lost secret love interest. He is haunted by dreams about Stacey while his admin. tries to seduce him. Manny is a local liquor store manager, and Kelly is a museum display planner in Charleston, SC. Lisa becomes a hotel manager struggling with relationships while moving from city to city. She reunites with the other three for a fun filled weekend. Connor, a loner in high school, owns a limousine service and is a philandering womanizer. He flies to Atlantic City to purchase a flagship Bentley for his fleet, then unknowingly drives a wanted counterfeiter back to Pittsburgh. The ship’s security staff led by Mary, enlists the help of Sandor, an FBI agent in love with her, and risk life and limb to recover the valuables. She gets dumped for shark food but quick thinking and a little used code saves her. Sandor, and Mary’s junior officer Butch, rescue her in the nick of time. An injured Mary leaves the cruise line to return to the U.S. with Sandor, but keeps him at arms-length until they can solve the mystery of the Irish Crown Jewels that disappeared in 1907.

About the Author

J.W. Lee Sabo, a native of western Pennsylvania, was a student athlete at Serra Catholic High School prior to getting a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Geneva College, where he also played sports and wrote for the school newspaper. He and his wife, Darlene, have three grown children. Lee has enjoyed a thirty-plus year business career as an international purchasing director in the chemical and steel industries.