The Imposter Wore No. 13
. . . Attorney David Cohen enjoyed all the perks of a celebrity client, including hefty commissions and a Miami Beach mansion. But his addiction to sports betting has gotten him $100,000 in debt to Mafia don Sal “The Saw” Gattino. With the interest growing daily, the last thing he wants is an encounter with the don’s notorious chainsaw. He needs a fat new contract for his client, star pitcher Juan Martinez, and the outrageous 10 percent commission that will come with it from the Central American farm boy who does not speak any English.
. . . Martinez has disappeared in Costa Rica while bailing out his drug-dealing twin brother, Eduardo, who is in trouble with a local drug lord, for skimming profits. Juan may have been mistaken for Eduardo and killed.
. . . A visit to a San Jose morgue reveals that Juan Martinez is indeed dead, along with Cohen’s hopes of signing a new contract with the Miami Flamingos. However, when Cohen meets Eduardo and sees the shocking resemblance between the twin brothers, he begins to formulate a plan – a multimillion-dollar scam that just might save his ass. At a San Jose hotel, he and Juan’s wife, Maria Elena, put Eduardo through a crash-training course on how to be celebrity pitcher Juan Martinez. Meanwhile, sports columnist Bob Casey is also pondering the whereabouts of Juan Martinez. The exclusive interview promised to him has not materialized, and Casey isn’t sure he buys Maria Elena’s excuses.
. . . When Martinez and his entourage finally return to Miami, however, Casey believes their tale about the ballplayer extending his trip for a little R&R. Little does Casey realize that the truth behind Juan’s brief disappearance is a story that could very well win his newspaper, The Miami P.M., its first Pulitzer.