5 novellas from the Clint Faraday MysteriesA Smidgen of MurderA needy woman dies from a dose of cyanide at a gourmet dinner. There are far too many suspects. Who – or what – is behind her death?Dead Aunts"Strangled? How in hell do you strangle an ant ... Oh, shit!"A Bloody ShameThe corruption has gotten so bad and so blatant, something will have to be done, as it is hurting Panama. Someone has found a way to take revenge on some of those crooks!...

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.

A collection of 5 Clint Faraday mysteriesThe Time FactorA call to the police. Happens all the time. Not so often when the caller has been dead for an hour, thoughA Long Way to FallAll the way to the bay! The problem was that he had to roll uphill for a few meters, then through some dense bushes.Dead Low TideTwo bodies. Died of snakebite, by a snake that was known to be among the deadliest in the world. Teensy little problem! That snake is found only...

A man is accused of killing his brother. He knows he will be cleared, that it was a misunderstood remark that led to his arrest, but he wants his wife and child to return to their home in the comarca. Clint makes sure they are safe, then considers the fact that Jesus WAS murdered, so he investigates. He finds some pretty heavy connections to drug cartels.

An 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.

Clint is visiting friends in Mali. There is a young woman who has crossed the fence onto the friend's property. Clint asks what she's doing. She says she's gathering flowers for the grave.Ernesto says she had permission. She gathered flowers a lot. They just grew wild there.Then it ended for her when some of her flowers were put on her own grave.

The Freenz call the detective agency to investigate things that seem strange to them. They realize that what might seem strange to an insectoid would not seem strange to others.There was something very strange going onCritic commentI began this reading with personal feelings I would not like it. It is the type of thing that is totally predictable, and the fantasy-like subjects sre not my preference. Moulton has a penchant for societal directives that...

Det. Rick Gordon was able to piece out how two murders were accomplished at a place where there were a hundred people milling around and no one noticed. What was behind it? What made it so suddenly imperative that these two were killed?One lived the lifestyle that could bring her into such a situation. One did not.

Three 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...

Clint is talking with a man in the Lemon Grass Restaurante. The man says he doesn't know what's wrong with him, lately. He always seems to be dead tired. The doctors can't find anything wrong and have been prescribing vitamins and mild stimulants. He keeps having wild dreams that leave him exhausted. He's tired, but can't sleep in the daytime.Two days later, he's dead. He died in his sleep – while driving his ATV.