Böcker av Charles Dougherty

Human Trafficking, Police Corruption, and Vigilante Justice When Hannah Gleason tried to snatch Liz Chirac's purse, Dani Berger knocked her flat.Ever since she was sold to human traffickers in St. Martin, Hannah's life had been a series of horrors. Starved, beaten, and abused, she thought her luck had changed when she escaped. Now she wasn't so sure.She was stealing money for food. Dani was threatening to call the police. Hannah panicked. She knew the police would return her to the traffickers.Feeling sympathy for the terrified girl, Liz insisted that they take her back to their yacht. Liz fed her, and Hannah explained her situation. Dani was skeptical of the girl's story, but Liz found it compelling.When the traffickers boarded the yacht looking for Hannah, the real trouble began.Would Dani and Liz share Hannah's fate?Read Bluewater Survivor and find out.Bluewater Survivor is perfect for fans of action and adventure in the Caribbean.

Murder, Sex Trafficking, and Kidnapping in the IslandsWhen their new charter guest introduces herself as "clickbait personified," Dani Berger and Liz Chirac get a crash course in social media marketing.Cait Everett, their guest, seems to be a nice young woman, but an unsavory character is stalking her on her voyage through the islands. Cait has something he wants, something that belongs to him, but she won't say what it is.Who is Cait's stalker, and what does he want from her?Read Bluewater Clickbait to find out. Perfect for fans of tropical mysteries or sea adventure fiction. Come for a sail on the yacht Vengeance with Cait, Dani and Liz, but watch your back.

Anarchy, Chaos, and Deadly Justice Using advanced technology to produce credible but false news stories, cells of anarchists are fanning the flames between people at the liberal and conservative extremes of society. Their goal is to provoke violence in the streets to destroy America and her allies. J. R. Finn and Mary O'Brien, agents of a clandestine private security company called Phorcys, are tasked by the U.S. government with cutting off the flow of money to the groups fueling the conflict. Finn and Mary follow the money along a convoluted path beginning with a Caribbean-based drug lord and ending with a wealthy entrepreneur in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. The anarchists shift their focus, attempting to employ their tools to break up Phorcys. Will Phorcys survive? Will America? Read Anarchy and Chaos and find out. Anarchy and Chaos is perfect for fans of action and adventure set in the tropics.

Artificial Intelligence, Deepfakes, and International Crime Corporate criminals co-opted the Artificial Intelligence system they were paid to develop under a classified government contract. The crooked executives used the system to support their drug smuggling, human trafficking, and money laundering operations. During their previous mission, J. R. Finn and Mary O'Brien, agents of a clandestine private security company called Phorcys, eliminated the executives who misappropriated the technology. With their help, the government recovered the prototype A. I. system and rounded up the lower-level participants in its misuse. A new, independent group of criminals is filling the vacancies in the remains of the crime ring as new management reorganizes the legitimate parts of the corporation. The government retains Phorcys to identify and eliminate the people taking over the drug smuggling, human trafficking, and money laundering businesses. As they dig deeper into the re-emerging criminal activity, Finn and Mary discover that the government's intelligence is incomplete. The criminal masterminds are hiding behind deepfakes, and they're using an advanced version of the A. I. system developed for the government's use to further their criminal interests. Deepfakes and Diablas is perfect for fans of mystery thrillers set in the tropics.

Mystery, History, and Gold...A history professor charters the yacht Vengeance to search for a fortune in stolen gold. Missing for over 80 years, the gold was part of the reserves from the Bank of France. Shipped to Martinique in 1940 for safekeeping when Hitler was poised to invade France, 286 tons of gold were stored on the island for the duration of World War II.A substantial amount of the gold was missing by the end of the War. The exact amount has never been confirmed, nor has its loss been explained. Rumors circulated for decades until Dr. Clara Hendricks found an old letter describing how the gold was spirited away. With the backing of a billionaire investor and the assistance of Dani Berger and Liz Chirac, Hendricks and her husband set out to recover the gold. What could go wrong, with millions of dollars up for grabs? Read Bluewater Payback and find out. Perfect for fans of sailing mystery/thrillers set in the Caribbean.