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Bluewater Rendezvous: The Eighth Novel in the Caribbean Mystery and Adventure Series (Bluewater Thrillers Book 8)

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by Charles Dougherty


  "Quite a few people in South America, too," Liz added.

  "He's like my older brother," Dani said. "He's the one that I always went to when I was a kid and needed advice and couldn't ask my parents."

  "And he thinks this is going to be okay?" Cynthia asked.

  "He got a positive reaction from the Chief Superintendent of St. Vincent's police force; they've known one another for a long time. We'll know more once the Chief has had time to do a little checking. We aren't in the clear just yet, though."

  "Is Phillip in St. Vincent?" Cynthia asked.

  "He lives in Martinique. If we go there, you'll probably meet him. He often invites our guests to dinner at his house," Dani said.

  "His wife's a first-rate French chef," Liz added. "She's from one of the old French families in Martinique, like Dani's father, and they like to entertain."

  "So is Martinique, like, a French colony or something?"

  "It's actually a department of France," Dani said. "Guadeloupe is, too. They're the biggest and the richest islands in the Eastern Caribbean. The people are French citizens; they speak French and vote in the French elections. Their currency is the euro."

  "That's really cool," Cynthia said. "I didn't know that. Are we going to head back to Bequia now?"

  "Not just yet. Phillip thought we should hang around out here until he heard back from the Chief. If we get the all-clear, it'll only take us a couple of hours to get back. We've been edging back to the east since sunrise, but I want to stay in international waters for now."

  "So what do you think will happen? Are they going to arrest the crooked cop? And Wilbur?"

  "It's hard to say. Things like this often don't move in a straight line in this part of the world. St. Vincent's a sovereign nation, but it's not any bigger than a small town in the states. Everybody knows everybody else's business; there are lots of family relationships and confusing political alliances," Liz said.

  "Who's Wilbur?" Dani asked.

  "Oh. He's the taxi driver I bought the weed from."

  "I see," Dani said. "Well, I don't know. I'd be surprised if the police didn't want a statement from you, but we'll just have to wait and see. There's a range of possibilities. The whole problem could just disappear like it never happened, or there could be some kind of major scandal. We'll know more in a little bit. Just hope for the best," Dani said.

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  A Note to the Reader

  Thank you for reading Bluewater Rendezvous, the eighth book in the Bluewater Thriller series. I hope that you enjoyed it. If so, please leave a brief review on Amazon. Reviews are of great benefit to independent authors like me; they help me more than you can imagine. They are a primary means to help new readers find my work. A few sentences can help others find the pleasure that I hope you found in this book, as well as keeping my spirits up as I work on the next one. If you would like to be notified by email when I release a new book or have a sale or giveaway, please click here to subscribe to my email list. I promise not to use the list for anything else; I dislike spam as much as you do.

  If you haven't read the other Bluewater Thrillers, please take a look at them. If you enjoyed this book, you'll enjoy them as well. I write another series of sailing thrillers, The Connie Barrera Thrillers. Connie had a key role in Deception in Savannah, my first book. I enjoyed writing about her so much that I wrote her into the Bluewater Thrillers. She plays prominent parts in both Bluewater Ice and Bluewater Betrayal. The Connie Barrera Thrillers are a spin-off from the Bluewater Thrillers, and feature some of the same characters. Dani and Liz taught Connie to sail, and they introduced her to Paul Russo, her first mate and soon-to-be husband.

  In September of 2016, I released Sails Job – a Connie Barrera Thrillers, the sixth in the Connie Barrera Thrillers series. Now I've turned my attention back to Dani and Liz in their twelfth Bluewater Thrillers adventure. You'll find progress reports and more information on my web page at www.clrdougherty.com. Be sure to click on the link to my blog posts; it's in the column on the right side of the web page. Dani has begun to blog about what's on her mind, and Liz and Connie are demanding equal time, so you can see what they're up to while I'm writing.

  A list of my other books is on the last page; just click on a title or go to my website for more information. If you’d like to know when my next book is released, visit my author’s page on Amazon and click the "Stay Up to Date" link near the upper left-hand corner. I welcome email correspondence about books, boats and sailing. My address is clrd@clrdougherty.com. If you'd like personal updates, drop me a line at that address and let me know. Thanks again for your support.

  About C.L.R. Dougherty

  Charles Dougherty wrote quite a bit of fiction before publishing Deception in Savannah, his first novel. Most of his earlier fiction works took the form of business plans, written to secure funding for projects and startup ventures during his corporate and consulting work, but he put all that behind him when he wrote Deception in Savannah, a tongue-in-cheek crime novel.

  Since Deception in Savannah was published, he has written a number of other books. The Bluewater Thrillers are set in the yachting world of the Caribbean and chronicle the adventures of two young women running a luxury charter yacht in a rough-and-tumble environment. The Connie Barrera Thrillers are also set in the Caribbean and feature some of the same characters from a slightly more romantic perspective. Besides the Bluewater Thrillers and the Connie Barrera Thrillers, he wrote The Redemption of Becky Jones, a psycho-thriller, and The Lost Tourist Franchise, a short story about one of the characters from Deception in Savannah.

  He has also written two non-fiction books. Life's a Ditch is the story of how he and his wife moved aboard their sailboat, Play Actor, and their adventures along the east coast of the U.S. Dungda de Islan' relates their experiences while cruising the Caribbean.

  He resides with his wife aboard Play Actor, sailing wherever their fancy and the trade winds take them..

  Other Books by C.L.R. Dougherty

  Fiction:

  Bluewater Killer

  Bluewater Vengeance

  Bluewater Voodoo

  Bluewater Ice

  Bluewater Betrayal

  Bluewater Stalker

  Bluewater Bullion

  Bluewater Rendezvous

  Bluewater Ganja

  Bluewater Jailbird

  Bluewater Drone

  Bluewater Thrillers Boxed Set; Books 1-3

  Love for Sail - a Connie Barrera Thriller

  Sailor's Delight – a Connie Barrera Thriller

  A Blast to Sail – a Connie Barrera Thriller

  Storm Sail - a Connie Barrera Thriller

  Running Under Sail - a Connie Barrera Thriller

  Sails Job - a Connie Barrera Thriller

  From Deception to Betrayal - an Introduction to Connie Barrera: a boxed set

  Deception in Savannah

  The Redemption of Becky Jones

  Short Story:

  The Lost Tourist Franchise

  Non-fiction:

  Dungda de Islan'

  Life’s a Ditch

  For more information, please visit:

  http://www.clrdougherty.com/

  or

  http://amazon.com/author/clrdougherty

  Table of Contents

  Bluewater Rendezvous

  Puerto Rico to Dominica

  St. Thomas – St. John

  Antigua

  Les Saintes

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6


  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Read an excerpt from Bluewater Ganja, the next book in the series

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  A Note to the Reader

  About C.L.R. Dougherty

  Other Books by C.L.R. Dougherty

  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  Puerto Rico to Dominica

  St. Thomas - St. John

  Antigua

  Les Saintes

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Read an excerpt from Bluewater Ganja, the next book in the series

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  A Note to the Reader

  About C.L.R. Dougherty

  Other Books by C.L.R. Dougherty

 

 

 


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