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Lifeguard

James Patterson

2005311 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2005
first published
  • 2005Headline · ENGISBN 9780755325672
  • 2005Headline · 311 pages · ENGISBN 9780755325689
  • 2005Little, Brown and Company · ENGISBN 9780316106955
  • 2005Little, Brown and Company · 394 pages · ENGISBN 9780316057851
  • 2006Warner Books · 432 pages · ENGISBN 9780446617611
  • 2011Headline Publishing Group · 512 pages · ENGISBN 9780755349494
  • 2005Hachette Audio · ENGISBN 9781594830464
  • 2007Hachette Audio · ENGISBN 9781600242533

The danger isn't in the water.Working as a lifeguard at a Florida resort, Ned Kelly meets a woman he is wild about, the woman of his dreams. It feels perfect in every way - except that she is used to caviar and Manolo Blahniks, and he is used to burgers and flip-flops. She is a guest at the luxurious hotel - he lives above a garage.So when Ned's cousin offers to cut him in on a rich deal he's been commissioned to execute, Ned can't turn him down. The plan is simple, just a fast break-and-enter. The risk is high, and the reward is even greater--$5 million. But on the night of the heist, something goes devastatingly wrong. Who will save the lifeguard?Ned walks away from his job, his town, and the woman he's fallen in love with. Runs away, actually, knowing that only velocity and secrecy can save his life. But who is pursuing him? The FBI? Whoever sabotaged the heist? Or is it all somehow tied into his new love - and his oldest enemies?

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