Todd Jones Comic Thriller

What happens when South Florida's most unscrupulous real estate salesman meets South Florida's biggest con artist? And what happens when they meet on the roof of the Florida mansion belonging to the world's most ruthless scrap dealer? Who knows? But sparks are bound to fly, especially with that hurricane coming straight at them. Another fast-paced Todd Jones comic thriller/caper by bestselling author JR Ripley!

Got five minutes? Well good, here's what J.R. Ripley's amazing Five Minutes is all about…Todd Jones is a hotshot realtor in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He's got a hot girlfriend, too. The trouble is that Todd is a real bad judge of character, especially his own. Todd's got himself tangled up worse than an old fishing line balled up in that long forgotten tackle box in the garage. Let's enumerate. One of Todd's biggest clients is mad because the property Todd talked him into buying is underwater-literally. A screwy surfer dude with a recreational drug habit and a millionaire gun manufacturer for a father has got some not-so-friendly dealers on his tail. Todd's mother has shown up and wants to live with him. And she's brought her pet pig. And, oh, yeah, there's this little problem Todd is having with one of his best friends, Dr. Doug Freeman. Todd has been sleeping with Doug's wife. Okay, so maybe he shouldn't have. He'd be the first to admit that it may have been an error in judgment on his part. He is a bad judge of character, remember? And that leads us to Todd Jones' biggest problem. Dr. Doug has found out about Todd's philandering and is aiming a pistol at Todd's forehead even as we speak. Todd has five minutes to live. Maybe less if his girlfriend finds out about his cheating ways.

Five more minutes. That was all the woman standing outside his floundering business, Todd Jones Realty, wanted. Just five minutes. What could go wrong? Surprisingly, everything. And that's what Todd Jones is about to learn when he allows the enigmatic Caterina Kadlec to enter his office. He's hoping that her wealthy client, and the big fat commission he'll earn, will be the answer to his prayers. Unfortunately, Caterina has other plans and those plans include grand larceny. As for the murder, well, sometimes things don't go as planned, do they? Nope, they sure don't. And that's what Todd is also about to learn and learn the hard way. No matter, Todd always has plans of his own and has no qualms about implementing them. Because when it comes to ethics and morality, it's all a gray area as far as Todd is concerned. To complicate matters, his girlfriend has left him. Again. And his live-in mother, who already insists on keeping an annoying pet pig named Mr. Squeals, has invited a homeless Russian woman to take up residence, thus kicking him out of his home office. If it wasn't for downhill, it seems Todd's life would have nowhere to go. And he's going to have to do something about that…