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Clint and Tyna are having a meal in La Tipica when a woman at a near table makes a number of loud complaints about the people at a close table and about the Indios and about Panamanians in general.Considering who the people were at the close table, Tyna says she's making a grave mistake to be denigrating those people.She didn't mean "grave" the way it turned out.
2) Killer Deal
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Clint 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?
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Clint 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...
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Clint receives a call from Rico Hernandez, police, The Darien. He says Dave said to call. There is a body of a man known to hang around with drug dealers and mafia types."How was he killed?""Tortured several ways, then executed. It's what I want to call natural causes.""Natural causes?""The people he was involved with? Torture and execution are natural causes "
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Omar is in the cantina talking with a semi-pretty hippie type girl who seems a bit spaced out. She writes weird poetry and likes adventure. She is going kite riding tomorrow.Omar says that's not safe along the coast. She could end up a bloody mess on the rocks.She replies that everybody dies sometime.He says he'll delay death as long as he can.She says, "When your time comes, you die. Death doesn't wait for anyone".It certainly didn't wait for her....
8) Storm Front
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A 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?
9) Daybreak
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Clint wakes up to another day in paradise. Everything is as perfect as it gets – except for that red sky.
"Red sky in morning, sailors take warning"
Well, that doesn't mean much, here in Panama'. There are a lot of colorful sunrises.
Then, again....
Puerto Armuelles, a scam, a mob boss,murders ,,, come on! Gimme a break!
10) Dangerous Curves
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Clint meets a woman on a flight and arranges to show her Bocas Town. There is the discovery of buried treasure, a murder, crime lords from Colombia ... how is all this connected?
11) A Bloody Shame
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The regular group sitting in The Golden Grill are discussing the way a local con man had stolen the life savings of a resident from England. They are talking about how the corrupt court system will let him get away with it.Roland Eggars, himself a Britisher, says the way those people were able to manipulate the judges and police was a bloody shame. Sooner or later someone would come along and put an end to some of their practices.It was sooner.
12) Die Trying
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A strange Englishman come onto the comarca. He says he wants to find gold, which is something a lot of foreigners wanted. He sets out, then is murdered - then comes back to Cusapín! Some people from his businesses came to town. It gets a bit more complicated. Clint investigates what is going on. He DID see that body!
13) Dead Giveaway
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"Clint? Amanda Presley here. I met you in David, two months ago? You said to call if there were any problems about the place I bought?"Well, I'm not sure if it's a scam, or not, but they want me to sign a thing in Spanish, and I only have what they said it says. Does that sound like it could be a scam?""It sounds like a dead giveaway. Tell them to kiss your ass "They made a plan.Then her brother and ex-husband ended up dead. Why them? Why not Amanda?...
14) Dead Drunk
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Sergio, head of the Bocas Town police, calls Clint. He says he has a problem. A dead drunk."Why call me about some drunk?" Clint asks."No. I mean a dead drunk. A body."
15) Follow the Blood
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A dead man in a traffic accident that was no accident. There is a murder in the same group before ... no, several. Was this some kind of sick insane game where people killed each orher off? Why? were there people actually that mentally deficient?
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Clint's nutty botanist friend discovers a new species of Anthurium that could have immense commercial value. A bunch of people come to town to try to get the rights to name the plant. He refuses. He was shot at on the mountains, then a woman working with him is hit. Why? It has to be something more than that plant!
18) Dead Aunts
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Clint is visiting friends in Culantro on his way to Quebrada Tula when Rigo, a student at the university, says his only problem lately is dead aunts. He is practicing English. Clint asks what could be the problem with dead ants? Sweep them out."What killed them? Poison?"Juan says they were all strangled."How do you strangle and ant?" Clint asked, then added, "Oh, shit "
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.
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Clint is in Pedasi, visiting friends. There is a man there who is known for various scams that rob people of their property and money. He is in a casino with three local girls and is winning at blackjackMario says he sure is living it up the easy way. Maybe sometimes crime does payClint replies that living the easy way, in that one's case, can lead to dying the hard way.
The scam artist dies - the hard way. The really hard way
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