Bøger af C. D. Moulton

Larde printLester Tatum had a small problem. He inherited a bank account of more than three million dollars, but knew he couldn't use any lawyer within 150 kilometers of Kingston.Could the local witch woman handle this kind of thing?She was a lot of fun, and she was educated.Worth a try!

Large printMax Reede was warned about going to Hell Island, particularly about El Diablo Mountain. He said he always found these kinds of places were just stories to scare gullible people. It would be a cheap two weeks in a place that wasn't overrun with tourists. Voodoo and Hoodoo were silly superstitions. He doesn't have a superstitious bone in his body.Then how do you explain this?

large printLenny Hamilton is out of work, a doormat-type personality, chased by a clinging needy-type girl. He was in a sad state when he got a phone call from a friend, son of a major mobster. Marko Ponti was trying to get away from the mobster lifestyle and had taken on a job, house-watching a mansion on a tropical Caribbean island, all expenses paid for two people Would Lenny like to be the second person?What? You're kidding, right?Critic PA:A man is offered a vacation on a tropical island, all expenses paid. He arrives and is met with a fantastic tropical island peopled by physical gods and goddesses in a society that seems made for paradise.Why is he there at all? What is behind strange happenings? How has he changed? What does his companion's gangster father have to do with it?What happens if this paradise turns into an inverted paradise?***¿

Large printCharlie 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 what he assumed to be the basis of the reports. He debunked them quickly, but discovered something else in those two pictures.And ended up dead."Dr. John" Matthews intended to find out how and why he died.

Large printThey say that there's no such thing as a perfect murder, only an undetected one.So. Commit and undetectable one! That's as close as anyone could hope to come.

Large printAlicia = a woman is found drowned. It is learned that she was working against an international group trying to gain power by manipulating bankingZenia = A woman, a popular local entertainer, is recruited to help fight the international banking groupMaria = a murder on the comarca. About gold? How stupid!

Large printPhil 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.

Large printMurders of several persons with no known connections. What was the motive? Pick up¿the phone book and make a stab at the page, then kill the name under your finger? Eenie, meenie mynie murder?

Large printKen Smart was the new rookie on the beat on Isla Verdante. Big City wasn't equal to it's name, but it was an average medium-sized town type of place for the Caribbean Islands.Capt. "Handy" O'Connel seemed to take an instant dislike to Ken. He didn't know why.Ken's father had been a good cop, in the states. Chicago. Twenty five years. He had retired, and had died a year later. Ken always thought he had willed himself to die. He didn't feel he had a purpose anymore. Ken had learned to love/hate the career, but was deter-mined to keep up the family tradition. His grandfather was a cop.Ken got assigned to the graveyard shift. He would prove his mettle or get bounced.He was determined. All he needed was some kind of anchor for his determination.He found it the second night on duty: a killer who had been around for sixteen years. He killed every six months. Ken found his thirty fourth victim.Could he find this killer?

Large printLucy Gladstone struck out again at the dating game. She was a virgin and, according to her mother, would destroy her chances of a good life that ended with going to heaven if she gave in to her natural desires.Tom Whitecloud was living a few doors down a floor below. He was, unlike so many, beautiful!Several girlfriends at work warned her that making an Indian her first would ruin her for other men. They would all seem so dull and inept.She had several options. Follow her mother's advice, and probably die a spinster? Find a man to make a woman out of her? Take the extra chance that the one she wanted, Tom Whitecloud, would leave her wanting more than any man other than an Indian could deliver?She couldn't hold out much longer. Which option would be best for her?Mom's way was as much as out. Then Tom stopped her on the stairs as she was coming home from being dumped - again. It seemed, at times like these, that no man was interested in a second date with a girl who wouldn't put out.

Large printThree 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 Indios.Nick Storie is there with his wife just to see the country. He has a place on Martinique. He is a police homicide detective with Naples South Station.(Theses are the three detective series I wrote and am writing)Dave finds a murder case for them. They can try to solve it, each with his own method.It seems to be an ordinary sort of thing.At first.

Large printClintonito Faraday Abrego, called Nito, Son of the famous Clint Faraday, head of Criminal Investigations (a silly title on the comarca Ngobe Bugle), Rep. de Panamá, is called by Moises Castillo Smith, chief of the Quebrada Tula area, to investigate the finding of two bodies near Misty Mountain. He becomes involved with an old myth of the people. Is that, in fact, behind the murders - or is it simply being used?

Large printClint is in David for supplies. He will spend the night, then return to Quebrada Tula where he and his family are staying.He is at Peter's Bar when he meets Sam Hires, who says he's made a killer deal for a fishing boat. He gets all the permits and such to do with it. It will run out of Mariato, which Clint knows.Sam probably didn't mean "killer" deal the way it turned out.Or did he?

Large printArmando Amarosa was quite the ladies' man. He was tall, good-looking, rich, had all the perfect lines, a very high-paying job, a large luxurious house, a yacht, a Maserati - what more could a man want?So why did he jump from the tower? It was a place he took many a lady to watch the often spectacular sunrises and sunsets. His den room was filled with photos of a lovely lady with a colorful cloud formation behind.Lt. Flores couldn't figure it. Why did so many of these people who had the world in the palm of their hand commit suicide?Then the photos. Photos that Amarosa didn't take

Large printDet. Lt. Harvey Plains had it with police work in Fairfield, Texas. He had to get away, but any nearby state was the same. Cpt. Vernor was just leaving the station, after telling Harve that the judge threw out his case against Oswald and Gene Malcolm.That was proven ten times over! They killed Jorge and Sylvia Gomez in as heinous a way as he had ever come across!The Malcolms were rich rednecks. The Gomez family was Latino. He should have known.He sighed and e-mailed Carter Amos, a friend who was on a long vacation in the Caribbean. He got a reply in less than two minutes.Hi, Harve - Still want to get the hell out of the rat race there? Maybe work on something a lot different?Come to Tinta Verde Island! This is right down your line! It could lead to you having a permanent job in Heaven!He thought about it, sent his reply, and started writing his resignation. This time, he was going through with it.

Large printTo instigate an investigation, it must first be determined if there is reason for investigation.It is sometimes not easy to make a determination.Er, in what way is there "other"?

Large printA man with a bit part in a pay, who wore a shroud for the part - is found dead wearing that shroud. There are some people involvedmwho were i show business. Which one of tem illed hpm?Why?

Large printA drug runner trapped in the bay behind Bastimentos. A body, not the one the police thought it was. What was going on? Where will this investigation lead?

Large print"A generous dollop of fresh creamery butter, a touch of mild curry, a teaspoon of nice fresh basil from my own garden, a little salt, a dash of black pepper, and a taste of culantro"Bake for thirty five minutes at three seventy five. Chill, and add a smidgen of murder Serve over curried chilled cheese pasta."Are you going away, with no word of farewell?"Time to get dressed I do want to look good for this "

Large printA man's body is found in the forest in a place no one goes, usually. There is no explanation as to the cause of death.Those things happen in the Valle de Muerte Esperando. It's not an easy place.Then another body close to the same area. No cause of death.It is in the comarca, but neither person was Indio.Chacho says the people are stupid to go into that forest. It is a place where death waits for victims.Clint thinks there's more to it than that

Large printSam Martin had a funeral wreath delivered to his home. It was for him - but he wasn't dead! What was behind it? What had gotten the attention of some mobsters? Clint investigates, and finds what has happened. He manages to prevent a couple of murders in the process.

Large printClint and family are enjoying their last two weeks this trip at their place in Quebrada Tula. Basilio, from Cusapín, is visiting. They are sitting on the porch at sunset, which is spectacular. Basilio says there is going to be trouble. It is in the signs. It will involve people on the comarca, but will not be from the comarca.Clint remembers other times when Basilio made predictions based on a special sunset. He figured he could depend on hearing about exactly that.Then, the body.

Large printAn obnoxious tourist in the cantina gets thrown out by Clint. A friend says he was the type whose headstone would read RIP - for rest in pieces. Then he was found dead. Chopped to pieces.

Large printClint and Judi are driving back to Bocas from David when Judi spots smoke ahead. It was a house fire. A body on the burned bed - that died from a broken neck. Jewels, Colombians, Interpol ... something big was behind this!

Large printClint gets a call from Rosario Puentes, police, to say there was a road kill found on the bridge near Chiriqui. Seeing he was in David, would he like to help the investigation?"Road kill? So what?""He was a man named Ernesto Barco. He was popular. We don't know who would kill him or why. It doesn't look like it could have been a hit and run."Oh. That kind of road kill.

Large printClint gets home to have Judi inform him the a friend's funeral was just announced on TV. That sort of pissed Clint off, that he wasn't told about it when he was talking to the guy ten minutes ago. It leads to a group of corrupt local officials and a n investigation of the man's murder. This was a strange one, even for Clint Faraday!