FLORIDA - A new book from author Stayton Bonner tells the story of a James Bond-like detective who searches the world for a rare car stolen from a collector’s garage in Boca Raton in 2001.

Thieves managed to get into his garage and steal the car without a trace.

The rare car was reportedly worth $7 million dollars when it was stolen in 2001. The author says it is now worth $14 million dollars.

Joe Ford was a private investigator trying to scrape together enough money to help his daughter suffering from a disease causing her to go blind. He took the case and began to unravel the mystery.

The backstory:

The stolen car was a 1938 Talbot-Lago T 150C-SS Teardrop coupe. It was once called "The most beautiful Car in the World."

Only a few of these cars were built. The manufacturer was in

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