Someone has tried to kill P.I. Aaron Gregory. His young employee Mandy Albright has disappeared. Has an old nemesis returned from a watery grave to seek his vengence? The police believe that Mandy is a runaway but Aaron is certain she would not give up her life in Newport Beach for the mean streets of L.A. He is a champion of lost causes and knows he must act quickly using all of the combat talents he learned in the army and his self-taught computer hacking skills to save the young girl from a monster. Has Billy Joe Riley, the ex-Navy Seal really returned from the dead?Phantom Vendetta takes place on the beautiful beaches of Southern California from San Diego to Santa Barbara. The novel once again reunites Gregory with his best friend and veteran Rico Perez, his beautiful girlfriend Alicia Morales, and his sexy employee Wendy Roberts. This novel is the fifth in the Aaron Gregory detective series following: Deadly Deceit, Blue Oblivion, Death in the Big Orange, and Legacy Lost.