Games, Mistakes and Murder

five novellas from the Clint Faraday MysteriesDeadly GameClint is talking with friends in David. A man from Oklahoma says he’s thinking about getting in a game of poker with some people he met from Panamá City and Tampa, Florida. He warned the man to stay away from those people. They were violent hoods.Some people just won’t listenScream Muddy MurderClint gets a call from Tonio, in David. There was a scream in the wee hours, about three thirty, from the Muddy River in Pedrigal. A man’s body was found on the muddy bank, electrocuted, it seemed.There? There was no electricity on that side of the riverDead ReckoningClint and family are at their place in Quebrada Tula. Basilio, from Cusapín, is visiting. At sunset, Basilio says there is going to be trouble. 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 about exactly that. – Then, the body.A Grave MistakeClint 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. 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.Dead TiredClint 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.