The Carlisle Hotel is being sabotaged. Lost reservations, computer attacks, employees bribed by outsiders, and still more to-be-discovered schemes are driving away business and putting the survival of the Carlisle at risk. Fiona Powers, the 34 year old owner and operator of the Carlisle, has tried everything to save her hotel, but nothing has worked. So when a trusted friend recommends Jake Reid and Associates Fiona meets Reid and places her trust in his team to save the Carlisle. Reid and his team need all of their skills in technology, security, investigation, and creative solutions to find who is behind the sabotage. Ultimately, more than just business is at risk at the Carlisle. Fiona's family relationships, and Jake and his teams' safety, become factors in their attempts to save the hotel. But even so, mistakes happen, and finding the people behind the attempts to destroy Fiona and her hotel, becomes elusive, dangerous, and more complex than anyone could have guessed. Reid begins connecting the dots by identifying the motives of some who are trusted within the hotel family, and discovering that trust does not always run deep. When a spy is discovered at the top levels of management, Jake and his team of Cara and JT realize that the problems are much more complex than anticipated at the Carlisle. What Reid discovers risks his and his teams' lives. Betrayal at the Carlisle never stops challenging the reader to see through the maze of people and events.

James Crawford is a retired Ohio University administrator and professor. His interest in writing fiction originated in creating children's bedtime stories with an focus upon dinosaurs to satisfy the demands of his grandchildren. Jake Reid, the lead character in Betrayal at the Carlisle, is a composite of the "good guys" Crawford imagined who could take on the toughest adversaries without becoming just another shooter first and planner later. James lives in Canfield, Ohio, near two of his four children and four of his grandchildren. When not writing he travels, volunteers, and enjoys Jazz, theatre, and art.