Jeffrey Gowing: 6 books

Have you ever dreamt of cashing in your chips and escaping to a tropical paradise? Faced with an imminent divorce, this non-fiction novel chronicles how Jimmy Lassiter does just that, taking the reader through liquidating the marital assets, purchasing a yacht, and sailing ‘Down to the Tropical...

I have taken the time to document my exposure to dementia in the elderly solely in the hope that anyone who reads this might avoid the mistakes and missteps which I, and my family, might possibly have been able to be better informed about beforehand. My brother and I were very fortunate in that our...

My pal, Carla, has traveled to Cozumel many times in the past via flights from San Antonio. I’ve made the same trip with her on a half-dozen occasions over the years since moving to San Antonio from New England in 2000, always to enjoy the spectacular scuba diving for which this destination is famous. For...

For all of my adult life, when choosing a vacation destination, I have been drawn to places that are 'off the radar' of most travelers. My recent trip to explore Taxco in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, was a good example. When I've told friends who asked where I'd been, most of them had never heard...

Charter captain Danny Coben and his mate, Birgit, a young lady from Holland, succumb to the lure of easy money, deciding to use their yacht to smuggle marijuana, cocaine, and Ecstasy from the Bahamas into South Florida in the early seventies. They soon discover that trusting in their friends will...

Following my return home to San Antonio in April of 2014 after an extended trip to Puerto Vallarta in the Mexican state of Jalisco where my companion and I had rented a car to explore the coastline northwards to San Blas, I had formed a firm resolve that my next vacation to Mexico would be to a destination...