C. D. Moulton
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Clint is visiting friends in Mali. There is a young woman who has crossed the fence onto the friend's property. Clint asks what she's doing. She says she's gathering flowers for the grave.Ernesto says she had permission. She gathered flowers a lot. They just grew wild there.Then it ended for her when some of her flowers were put on her own grave.
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Will Burke was the type who tends to wear on people's nerves. He wants to be friendly, but ends up being irritating.
He tries too hard.
Sandy Frenton is a female version of Will. As was often heard in the places they frequented, "They're a couple of bloody nuisances!"That must have given somebody an idea. It wasn't meant to be taken literally.
Sgt. Andy Betts is assigned the case. It's his first homicide. His ability with this one could make...
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Three detectives originally from Florida meet in David, Panamá. Clint Faraday is retired from the US and is living on the Comarca Ngobe Bugle with his wife and son and daughter.CD Grimes is a billionaire private detective from Bonita Springs, Florida. He is with his wife and flew in his own jet to David at the invitation of his nutty musician, botanist, author friend, Dave, who works with Clint Faraday quite often and is also a close friend of the...
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5 Clint Fatraday mysteriesDead Man's MoonClint has seen the accuracy of many of the omens read from nature by the Indios. This was no exception.Dead Drunk"A dead drunk? Why call me?""I mean a dead drunk. We have a body."Dead in the WaterA ship, lost 36 years ago, in the Devil's Triangle. At Chiriqui Grande.Sitting dead in the water. Skeletons – and the captain's body.Flowers for the GraveShe gathered flowers for her mother's grave. Then some of...
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Dr. Sommers is researching rituals of certain cults in Central America. He has made a lifetime study of the practices and keeps meticulous notes.He is found at his desk. He was writing about an orchid used in certain rituals. It is said that the flower can be made, through certain incantations, to expand and cover the head of a person, thus smothering him.He died of suffocation. He had also recently run afoul of certain of the medicine people who...
8) Tirate
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Someone is trying to take over a small group of worlds. Maita and the crew aren't tolerant of tyrants.
9) Kari
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An engineered race. The tyranical engineers are to return. They will enslave the people - and they are engineered to be docile.
Can a mutant save these people?
10) What A Weekend!
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Experiences with going to forums and groups on such as Facebook gave me ideas for this one. If you are a member of any of the types of groups where this kind of people are major contributors, perhaps you will see yourself (Hah! Get real!) as others see you. I reserve a few paragraphs here and there to soapbox on issues. It's called artistic license (like anyone could get a license for THAT!) and I don't pretend any different. I try not to lie to myself....
11) Why Me, Lord?
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Phil Fethers has had a strange life. Every time he thinks things are finally straightening around to normal, the bottom falls out.There has to be a reason. He's determined to find it.This is based on an acctual exploding egg. My friend who had th egg explode in his face, almost, and I started making jokes. It got to the point my lings ached and I dared not say anything more. I wrote this the following day.
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Tab and TR respond to a plea for help from a Feach. It seems a Feach has been kidnapped – after supposedly witnessing a "Murder, Khlien Style".Critic commentThis was a truly fun book. Tab as a bumbling Maitan verged on the hilarious. I could picture that woman's face as he described the reason for the colors on the map.– IA Rtng: ****
14) Murder by UFO
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Charlie Sands was investigating UFO sightings in Austin, Texas, when he got reports of multiple sightings in a small area of the Caribbean.He went to Isla Tintada, the apparent center of activity. It was a typical Caribbean island, settled by wealthy people who wanted to get away from their problems in other places.He was watching as a storm approached from seaward of his position. It was colorful and beautiful, at twilight. He took two pictures of...
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Nancy Ann Gilders had married Harry Silvers after knowing him only eleven days. He was very wealthy, she was comfortable, but not rich.They spent four years in a very happy marriage. They traveled to many places.Then he was murdered with a very rare and hard-to-trace poison.He left a daughter and son and Nancy Ann.All three had apparently been cleared in the murder. All three became very personally wealthy at his death.Nancy Ann had to get away. She...
17) Muddled Murder
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Collection A five books
A Sometimes thing - shorts introducing Clint and some continuing characters.
Daybreak a strange case where there is something behind that could be dangerous and sinister.
Nightfall. A dinner at a fine restaurant on a beautiful night can turn sour when there is nurder on the menu
Shortcuts more shorts
Dangerous curves three stories of treasure and trash.
18) Duty's Call
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Theron is kidnapped! Maita and the crew meet the beings from another galaxy, who came to them in aid of a Maitan colony. There are also IMMINS there! As is always the case where Immins are concerned, there is danger and trouble. Maita and the crew go there to solve the problem. The golems are included.WHEN will they finally be free of Immins - in either galaxy?
19) Shortcuts
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A collection of shorts featuring Clint Faraday, retired PI from Florida who has moved to Panamá. He works with the Policía Nacionál, in many cases. He is learning the differences in the laws and methods, and is gaining a very good reputation. He is starting to learn a bit of pragmatism about life and situations.
20) Name Your Poison
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A truly exotic poison is killing people. The only connection Nick can find is on the internet, and that's tenuous, at best. Does he have some new kind of serial killer here?