Bahamas West End Is Murder

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Synopsis, Bahamas West End Is Murder:

     The fifth adventure in the Ben Candidi Series challenges Ben and Rebecca in the middle of their sailing vacation. First they must perform emergency salvage and an impromptu crime scene investigation. Next they must think up countermeasures against a troublesome bureaucracy. While pinned down at West End on Grand Bahama Island, then they must figure out who did what to whom for the sake of their own survival. Quoting from the back-cover synopsis,

     "As vacationing Ben Candidi and Rebecca Levis sail through International Waters toward Grand Bahama Island, they receive a strange welcome — a sinking cabin cruiser with a dead man at the helm. Ben knows how to patch bullet holes below the waterline and Rebecca knows how to estimate time of death. And they agree that the West End marina is the right place to bring the body.

     "To avoid trouble, they play it dumb and treat the cocaine-smuggling marina tenants as the divers and sport fishermen they are pretending to be. Unfortunately, the mailbox corporation in Miami that owns the yacht ignores Ben's $100,000 salvage claim — and the Bahamian police won't let him move the yacht to Florida. The harder Ben and Rebecca press their claim, the more sinister West End becomes. Should they cut their losses and run? Or is it too late already?"






About the Author —

     Dirk Wyle is the pen name of Duncan H. Haynes, Ph.D., a 30-year veteran of biomedical science with a lifelong interest in literature. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania and in Germany and served as a medical school professor, conducting research in abnormal blood coagulation and drug delivery. Invention and commercial success of his drug microencapsulation technology allowed him to retire at the age of 55 and devote full time to writing.

     Dirk Wyle’s Ben Candidi Series was launched with Pharmacology Is Murder in 1998 to critical acclaim ("an excellent whodunit . . . a first-class mystery," Booklist). It was followed by Biotechnology Is Murder (2000) and Medical School Is Murder (2001). The stories take place in authentically rendered medical centers and drug companies. Amazon Gold involved Ben and Rebecca in drug discovery on the Brazilian Amazon and Bahamas West End Is Murder continues the trend towards mystery and scientific adventure in unusual locations. Dirk is working hard on Ben and Rebecca’s sixth adventure.

      Dirk Wyle’s books have been used as supplementary reading in college science courses and have been the subject of literary and mystery discussion groups.


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