CONCH CHOWDER is Case # 2 in the STREET MYSTERY FILES series. It.begins where my first book MONKEY BONE ISLAND ends.Violent Crimes Unit Director Chase McGregor assigns Detective Travis Street to find missing person Connie Jarvis. She was abducted by a gang of ruthless pirates in Key West then traded into slavery for a few cases of M-16's by the infamous criminal Jacques Tarri. Miss Jarvis is now on her way to the Central American Republic The detective has other plans. Street wants to resign and open a fishing charter business in the Bahamas. The Director convinces him to retain his employment by offering him several incentives. Detective Street is a pawn once again in an international thriller where every move can be his last.Meanwhile Crab and Slammer are swimming in the Atlantic Ocean after jumping off the deck of the medical ship R.S.Restless swimming towards Fort Lookout.Kitty Nova is recovering from her virus under the care of the Vice President's wife while her friend Nelly Flynn is in court with inadequate representation by the public defender. Will Kitty Nova recover? Will Nellie Flynn stay in jail ? Will Crab and Slammer become food for the sharks ? Will Detective Street survive his excursion to Central America ? These questions will be answered along with many more if you read CONCH CHOWDER.