Thomas Cox 
Cut Above [EPUB ebook] 

A CUT ABOVE is a hard-hitting, humorous crime novel mixing quirky characters, a twenty year-old murder case, and a search for a buried treasure. School security chief Nick Cotton reluctantly agrees to seek a friend’s missing son. His quest takes him from mid-America to Florida where he becomes involved in a plot by a ruthless con man. Dodging threats and bullets, Nick is led on a chase into the Everglades in a desperate attempt to save innocent lives in the surprising and tough climax.