The Red Lure

"The Red Lure" by Roy J. Snell is an early 20th-century adventure novel about a courageous boy named Johnny Thompson, lost in the dangerous jungles of British Honduras and searching for the fabled "red lure." The story begins by the ominous Black River, and quickly turns perilous when he returns to his camp to find it abandoned. Surrounded by a vast, green jungle, Johnny soon encounters clues – and a mysterious half-Spanish foreman named Petillo – suggesting he isn't alone, launching him on a thrilling quest filled with suspense, mystery, and the constant threat of both the wilderness and his fellow man.