Sunshine Supersleuth Part 4a. Animal Hunt

By Paul Stansby

After setting off back from Antigua to Columbia on his boat , supersleuth Tony has a stowaway onboard, Harry's animal handler, whose been contacted by a zoo patron for recovery of some abducted animals. The zoo patron is offering a lucartive sum for their retreival and resides on Martinique so Tony alters his course to that island.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paul Stansby
• Release date: Aug 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005493332

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© Paul Stansby, Cartagena, Columbia 2022

Sunshine Super Sleuth

Part 4a

Animal Hunt

Part One In Two Parts

Chapter One

Harry and Minnie are sat in a bar on the island of Antigua where they've just seen Tony sail past on his boat on his trek back to Columbia. The FBI come into the bar

'Ah, you've missed Tony and the two girls FBI ladies.'

'Really, not good timing on our part, we rather needed the girls to pilot their submarines.'

'Only work to their palm prints Gillian, can you and Corey take a break and indulge in a rum or two?'

'We will, did the girls find any treasure as they were away for ages.'

'Oh, they did indeed but hopped straight back to the so secret world underneath us.'

'We were checking out Vegas, we do that a lot though. Two Rum and Lime please barman, we'll take a break, so you're Minnie, apparently you're going to document a fictional account of the underground world, well it'll be fiction to most.

'I'll do my own interpretations of our eighteen days down there.'

'We've never been down, few have who reside in our current residency of this planet.'

'Nicely put, we are the current main custodians of this planet, the guys down below know we are as well, Gillian.'

'Not for that long either, at present one can get a thousand to one odds in Vegas on us not lasting out this millennia, Minnie.' 

'I think we're generally excepting our fate nowadays, our current exploitation of this planet and  lifestyles which people have worked hard for will remain, not forgetting the taxes they've paid thus expecting the governments to keep it all running smoothly.'

'The politicians, bureaucrats and scientists are not assertive enough either, Harry, good rum, if he had three of these and we'll be sloshed Corey.'

'We will, so this treasure?'

'On Tony's boat still in sail bags, there's ropes on top.'

'Hopefully they won't get a detailed going over at a port of call by customs, Harry.'

'That's a point, Corey, they can aways ditch it and pick it up on their onwards journey, he has tanks and a compressor onboard for diving.'

'We had a job for Tony.'

'He's already got one. I 'm not knowing the details, Jerrie, the animal keeper for the chimps knows more, but I know it's via Martinique.'

'On the French will give his boat a thorough search, they're sticklers for protocol. Harry.'

'Also need to justify their existences, Corey, so what was your job for him.'

'Vintage cars, a different approach to which we automatically assume to such items being stolen, these are being ransomed, Five millions pounds for their safe return.'

'An easy way to go about it rather than selling them on the black market, I'm surprised this doesn't happen more in the art world, snaffle a priceless painting then demand a reward, rather a difficult one for you guys.'

'Especially if it's forged by an expert in the field then knowing what is the genuine article is tricky work.'

'Not for me Corey, I don't attach prices to such items.'

'I wish most people did the same.'

'I expect the sum for the cars will be whittled down.'

'It already has Harry, it was fifteen million.

'This Jimmy Dunstain could be handy guy in such circumstances.'

'We would need three such guys and they're all Ferraris. You know a guy with a fast boat?'

'I've a jet boat in my hold on my boat, that takes a good two hours to get out and launch, but as it's after midday that's out, too hot. You were thinking of pursuing Tony to get the jewels off the boat, Corey.'

'I was, Harry, how about you setting sail and catching him up. We'd lend a hand.'

'Possible, I'm almost twice the speed of his, you'd have to keep an eye on the chimpanzees.'