Robert (Bob) E. Smith writes and manages his successful commercial real estate investments. Married with five children and many grandchildren. Splitting time between Lake Shasta, CA., Honolulu and permanent residence in Sandy, OR. His business career has taken him from the jungles of Guyana to the busy streets of Tokyo, along with major exposure to the criminal side of the New Orleans and Baton Rouge judicial system. Along the way, he has met some interesting and scary individuals—-from "claim to be" former CIA, to the Yakuza and Russians in Japan. All with an angle—-all with a story—-for another time. Now five books are complete with a sixth on the way in the Chuck Winters series. Foreign Influence, Ghost in the Night, Steps Ahead in Morrocco, Zurich Connection and the most recent, Gone to Goa.