Riding the Tiger - Phil Bookman - Bog

This is the third novel in the Mike Gold Mystery Series. When Silicon Valley entrepreneur Mike Gold's plans for an IPO falter, his old college buddy Stew King calls out of the blue with a great offer to buy Mike's company. They meet for a quiet weekend at Mike's Napa Valley winery to negotiate the sale. But this is hardly an ordinary business deal. Mike soon discovers that the White House is behind it, the Chinese want to scuttle it, and the ecology of a million square miles of ocean may be at stake. Then the body of a beautiful, seductive woman is found in the vineyard and Mike is arrested for her murder. With his freedom and maybe his life at risk, Mike uses all his resources to try to discover who framed him and why. When he gets too close to the answer, his beloved Lisa is kidnapped to lure him to a life or death showdown with ruthless killers.