Dead in the Water: Clint Faraday Mysteries, #48

By C. D. Moulton

A ship sitting outside the harbor at Chiriqui Grande. It's been there two days and no sign of life. Naldo says it seems to just be dead in the water.
The captain was.

• Language: English
• Publisher: C. D. Moulton
• Release date: Jun 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201098773

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Clint Faraday

book forty eight

Dead in the Water

© 2019 by C. D. Moulton

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This is a work of fiction. Any resemblances to persons, living or dead, or events is purely coincidental unless otherwise stated.

A ship sitting outside the harbor at Chiriqui Grande. It’s been there two days and no sign of life. Naldo says it seems to just be dead in the water.

The captain was.

Contents

About the author

Adrift at Sea

A Hell of a Mystery

A Search for a Name

Fishing for Answers

Misplaced Trust

Tall Tales

And the Loser Is....

About the author

CD Moulton has traveled extensively over much of the world both in the music business, where he was a rock guitarist, songwriter, and arranger, and in an import/export business. He has been everything from a bar owner to auto salvage (junkyard) manager, longshoreman to high steel worker, orchid grower to landscaper, tropical fish farmer to commercial fisherman. He started writing books in 1983 and has published more than 200 books as of January 1, 2013. His most popular books to date are about research with orchids, though much of his science fiction and fantasy work has proven popular. He wrote the CD Grimes, PI series and the Det. Nick Storie series, among other works.

He now resides in David, Panamá, where he writes the Clint Faraday mystery series, plays music with friends – and pursues his favorite ways to spend his time: beach bum and roaming the mountains doing botanical research. He has recently become involved in fighting the corruption that is rampant in the legal and judicial system. I love Panama’ and that is hurting this country badly.

CD is involved in research of natural cancer cure at this time. It has proven effective in all cases, so far. It is based on a plant that has been in use for thousands of years, is safe, available, and cheap. He has studied botany, and was cured of a serious lymphoma with use of the plant, Ambrosia peruviana.

Information about this cure is free on the FaceBook page, Ambrosia peruviana for cancer. CD asks only that all who try it please report on its effectiveness on that group.

Adrift at Sea

It’s been sitting out there for two days, Naldo said to his good friend, Clint Faraday, retired PI from Florida, now living on the comarca Ngobe Bugle in Panamá. He was speaking of a ship sitting just outside of the harbor at Chiriqui Grande. "No one’s seen anyone on it. It seems to just be dead in the water. It doesn’t move.

Omar and I went close and called, but there was no response.

No one came ashore to aduana?

I don’t think so. Lizeth watches for the aduana and says it was just there when she came on duty at five thirty in the morning. There were no lights. She doesn’t know anything about it.

Clint took out his binoculars and looked at the ship. There was no sign anyone was aboard. He got the name and numbers. It didn’t seem to be in very good repair.

It was Libyan registration? What was it doing there?

I’ll go to aduana and check out the numbers, Clint promised. It’s not registered in this country. You’d think the US Coast Guard ship would check it out.

It’s in Panamanian waters. They can’t check that close.

Clint nodded. Naldo said Omar was waiting. They had to get back to their fishing. They were getting conch