Steadily, Ford pieces the information together and thanks to a connection in Masagua, returns to Central America with a friend named Tomlinson to try to determine where Jake Hollins is. Hollins tells Ford this information on a phone call just before he commits suicide. When Rafe runs to Central America on the way to live in Costa Rica, his former business partners steal Jake as a piece of collateral because Rafe has stolen precious pre-Mayan artifacts from them. Hollins had kidnapped Jake from his ex-wife in an attempt to save him from her drug and alcohol abuse-infused environment. It is through these connections that he learns more about Rafe, his history and what might have happened to his son, Jake, who is only 8 years old. When it becomes clear that the town of Sandy Flats is illegally declaring the suicide too quickly, Ford begins his investigation with the sheriff there.įord fortunately has connections in the Sandy Flats/Sanibel area since he grew up in Sanibel.

However, after Rafe's call, he begins to do some amateur investigating, which intensifies after he finds Rafe's body hanging from the trees, an apparent suicide. Called 'Doc' by many of his friends, Ford's main focus is the study of various marine biology animals. After his friend Rafe Hollins contacts him and tells him his son is missing and he is in desperate trouble, Ford leaves his quiet life in Sanibel to pursue Jake Hollins and rescue him from a Central American guerrilla leader. SANIBEL FLATS is the story of the adventures of a man named Marion Ford, a biologist who lives in Sanibel, Florida after a long stint in Masagua, Central America.

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