Blood Diamonds - Cruise thriller. Chapter 1 read by Stuart St Paul

Blood Diamonds - Cruise thriller. The longest chapter in the book is the first one, read here by the writer, Stuart St Paul. It sets up the story of the call the agency gets from the cruise operator because there is a problem on one of their ships. Like most cruise operators they have more than one ship, and like some their ships are identical. There is also a theme, and in this case, it is nymphs and mermaids; the ship is called MS Aerwyna. The name means friend of the sea and is pronounced Aer-wy-na. She is the daughter of the Greek goddess Doris, and Greek god Nereus who are said to have 50 daughters. The number associated with the mermaid Aerwyna is 6, but she is the prime focus of this investigation when the diamond safe on the ship is opened and almost totally cleaned out.
CSCI is an agency, about four blocks back from Dodge Island, the cruise terminal in Miami. Another four or so blocks away is the i95 highway, and Overtown. The i95 is south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running from U.S. Route 1 in Miami, Florida to the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing between Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Overtown is said to be the worst project and slum area in the USA. The contrast in wealth could hardly be greater. On the streets, someone might be killed when a ten dollar drug deal goes bad, but on the ships, it would take a diamond heist for murder to be worth the risk. The call to the crime might seem ordinary, but the agents of the agency all know this could be another kill or be kill mission.

The books are available on Amazon, hardback in large print, paperback and Kindle. The Audiobook is going through the process and will be released any day. All CSCI books are based around the cruise industry, and some follow a cruise route. Cruisers will be able to imaging most of the backdrop through the below-decks and the inner workings of the crew and cruise marketing will be new to them. The adventures all read like TV shows or movies, which they no doubt will all become eventually. Author Stuart St Paul comes from 50 years in the movie industry and is an award-winning writer and director.

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