
MYSTERY OF THE CARIBBEAN PEARLS
CHAPTER I Discovery!
CHAPTER II Seeing Double
CHAPTER III Backfire
CHAPTER IV Who’s Fooling Whom?
CHAPTER V Appear and Disappear
CHAPTER VI Crunch
CHAPTER VII Gay Curaçao
CHAPTER VIII Uncle Charlie Spins a Yarn
CHAPTER IX Outmatched
In the heart of a violent Caribbean storm, a lone diver is cast ashore on a tiny spit of sand, clutching two flawless black pearls he rescued from the wreckage of his boat. The pearls are the key to a hidden fishery so rich it could change the fortunes of anyone who controls it, and the man knows that word of his find will attract greedy treasure hunters. As the tempest fades, he faces a race against time to get the precious cargo off the island and into safe hands.
He swims the perilous currents to Martinique, makes his way to the bustling town of La Trinité, and sends hurried letters to his son and a trusted colleague, hoping the secret will remain buried long enough to stake his claim. Yet every step is shadowed by unseen eyes, and the calm of the harbor hides a network of opportunists ready to pounce. Listeners will be drawn into his tense trek, the clash between ambition and danger, and the looming mystery of who is watching from the shadows.
Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (215K characters)
Series
A Biff Brewster mystery adventure, 8
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2021-03-04
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

Best known for bringing the grit and rhythm of real cattle drives to the page, this Western writer drew on years spent working the Texas trails. His stories helped push back against romantic myths by showing cowboy life as it was actually lived.
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