Scorpion

Prime Minister Ramsingh of Trinidad has committed himself to the task of stamping out the cocaine trade in his small island nation and the Salizar drug cartel has committed themselves to stamping out Prime Minister Ramsingh. Trinidad is important to them as they use the Caribbean country to disguise and reship their dangerous white powder into the United States. DEA agent Bill Broxton has been given the difficult assignment of protecting the Prime Minister, a job made more difficult because Ramsingh doesn't want American protection. He believes George Chandee, his own attorney general, is capable of protecting him, however what he doesn't know is that Chandee wants his job and is working with the drug cartel. Dani Street, the American Ambassador's daughter, is the assassin known as the Scorpion and she has been hired by Chandee and the Salizar drug barons to kill Ramsingh. She is also the reason Broxton has accepted the assignment of protecting the prime minister. He is in love with her. Of course he doesn't know about her little sideline. And there you have the main characters and the beginning of a thriller that took me completely by surprise. I don't know what I expected when a friend loaned me this book, but I certainly didn't expect to lose a whole Sunday. No church, no brunch, no tennis, just several cups of coffee and one terrific story. I was caught up in another world, a place where the Caribbean winds blow all year long and nothing is as it seems.

I read this book a couple months ago and again last night. Both times I read it straight through. The story takes place in Trinidad, an island in the West Indies, and involves an agent of the DEA who is supposed to protect the prime minister from an assassin. Though not ordinarily the job of the DEA, he gets the assignment because the American Ambassador is his friend. He's also in love with the Ambassador's daughter, who unknowing to him and her father is the assassin called THE SCORPION. And guess who she's been hired to assassinate. This book is fast paced with characters who are easy to identify with. I especially liked the fact that it took place somewhere I wasn't familiar with. I really enjoyed the foreign setting and the tense description of the sailboat chase. Lost of suspense and very entertaining, a good fun read.

Scorpion is a sea going adventure story that takes place in the Caribbean. The Prime Minister of Trinidad has been targeted by a drug cartel because he has been trying to close down their operation in his country. The bad guy drug smugglers have hired the international assassin called the Scorpion to deal with the PM and the U.S. Government has sent DEA agent Bill Broxton to protect the PM. However, the PM doesn't want American assistance and to make matters even worse for Broxton, the assassin is the woman he wants to marry, only he doesn't know it. Fortunately for Broxton, another lady enters his life, so his heartbreak will be brief, but his actions will put her in jeopardy. And that, my friends, is a very brief description of what goes on in the beginning of this action-adventure thriller. Sailboats, smugglers, an evil woman assassin, a guy too good for his own good and more. This is just a super book and I really liked it.

Bill Broxton is a DEA agent who has been assigned to protect Prime Minister Ramsingh of Trinidad. His superiors want the man protected, because he has been co-operating in the war against drugs. They've learned that the drug barons from the Salazr Cartel want the prime minister dead, but Ramsingh complicates Broxton's life by refusing his protection, as he believes his own justice minister can do the job. Meanwhile the drug lords have hired the international assassin called the Scorpion to assassinate Ramsingh and guess who is part of the cartel. You guessed it, none other than that justice minister who Ramsingh is counting on for protection. Now make the mix here a bit more interesting by making the Scorpion the girl Broxton wants to marry and you really have the makings of a good story. One I couldn't put down. This book takes place in the Caribbean and Mr. Douglas uses quite a bit of sailing terms in the book, but he does it in such a way that it adds, rather than detracts from the story. It's easy to see he knows what he's talking about when he describes the scenes at sea. In addition to the convincing scene setting and description, Douglas has also painted people we care about and who seem real. I enjoyed this sea-going adventure story and I think you will too.

SCORPION is a stay up all night thriller that moves from Trinidad in the Southern Caribbean to South Texas, to Venezuela and back to Trinidad and you can feel the heat and humidity of those places as you read. Mr. Stewart puts you right into the action as you move through the pages, so when you join DEA agent Bill Broxton as he tries to stop an assassin, be prepared for some serious escape time. DEA agent Bill Broxton has been assigned to protect the Prime Minister of Trinidad from the Scorpion, an assassin hired by the Salizar drug cartel, because his girlfriend Dani, who he soon hopes to make his bride, is the daughter of the American Ambassador. It's because Broxton is so close to the ambassador that makes him perfect for the assignment, as the Prime Minister has refused American help, instead turning to his own Justice Minister for security. So Broxton is supposed to use his connection with ambassador to get close to the PM, however Dani isn't as pure as the driven snow. Broxton may be carrying a torch in his heart and a ring in his pocket, but she's been carrying an assassin's guns and playing the field. She is the Scorpion who has been hired to take out Broxton's charge. And who is she working for? None other than the justice minister in charge of keeping the P.M. safe. SCORPION has it all, foreign intrigue, deadly bad guys, a good guy in over his head, romance, terrific chase scenes and best of all, an ending you'll never see coming. I couldn't put this one down and I don't think you will be able to either.