ISBN 978-1-60264-175-4, softcover, $12.95, 317 pages
Costa Rica is known as an environmental paradise for its lush faun and floral, Lake Arenal, monkeys, tropical birds, and for its spectacular beaches and world-class sport fishing but what it is less known for its legalized prostitution, drug smuggling, money laundering and political corruption. Lane Taylor is not only about to learn about the other side of Costa Rica first-hand but he is to become an active participant. The lure of fabulous wealth, sex and cocaine draw Lane into a tangled web of deceit, extortion, sexual fantasy and even murder.

This factual based novel exposes the real Costa Rica of the 1990’s and early 2000’s with its underworld connection to Colombia, Panama and Nicaragua. Even today, in 2008, as this book published, there is no reason to believe that this seedy world does not continue in light of the ever booming Sex Tourism Trade flourishing and the revelation that Costa Rica has been providing safe harbor for members of the FARC, a para-military Marxist organization that has been in a 20-year civil war with the Democratic government of Colombia and is now in control of Colombia’s cocaine and heroin production.

It is at great personal risk that Steuer Gray even dares to publish this novel.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Steuer Gray is the living legend of "Incidental Contact," his first novel. He followed it up with "Time Share," a loving tribute to his father. His third novel, "The Accidental Candidate," is a political thriller leading up to the 2008 US Presidential elections. Now comes his fourth novel, "The Argonaut Club," an expose into prostitution, drug smuggling, money laundering and political corruption in Costa Rica.

He is the father of three daughters and is now living in Colombia, South America with his new wife and her two boys learning to adjust to the Latin culture and way of life. Besides writing novels, Steuer has a professional recording studio in his home in Colombia and is recording a CD of original salsa music.