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Tammy Sheridan, a Valley Girl, like, you know, those in the eighties, won a vacation to die for in a contest. First stop was Cancun, second stop, Managua, third stop, Bocas del Toro, forth stop, Cartagena, fifth stop, Rio de Janiero.She didn't make the fourth stop.Tammy was considered a little weird, but was liked. No one had any reason to kill her.Somebody did.
3) Dead Still
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"I was passing by on the road and saw them there by the rock. I watched a few seconds, but they were dead still."Well, I saw there was a Squirrel Cuckoo in that bush, so figured they were watching it. They spook easy."The cuckoo flew off, so I came down here after I called and they didn't answer."There they were Like that ""Like that " was a bullet in the head.
4) 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 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.
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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 "
8) 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.
10) Dead Man Talking
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Dave calls Clint from Tobobé, where he has met Armitage Lincoln, a psychic investigator. Army has been taking a lot of information from an old man, Francisco Escobar, who knows hundreds of tales from times past.Trouble was, the stories he told, like he was part of, were more from a couple of hundred years ago.A body is found in the yuca plot of the puebla. He is a young man named, of all things, Pancho EscobarFrancisco did not come last night.Clint...
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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
13) 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!
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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!
15) 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?...
16) 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."
18) Deadly Game
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A man is conned into a scheme he won't aid. He kills one of the echemers, and Clint hides him from them while he investigates what is goinhg on. He ends up in a rather strange situation.
19) Bored to Death
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A woman on the beach. She is bored with life out of the city, but gets bored with life IN the city. She becomes friends with the Faradays, and set out to find adventure. She is murdered - but it wasn't her! Her son and daughter come to town. They want her back in the states for the business.What is going on?
20) Road Kill
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Clint 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.
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