The corpse that wouldn t drown

A corpse is found in Waaigat, a port in the St Anna Bay in Willemstad, on the island of Curacao. Colombian drug dealers are the designated assassins. Local politicians and their police minions are adamant that no one among the island bigwigs can be responsible for the crime. Pieter Van Veld finds a way to escape the confinement of his marriage. Adriaan Van Tienhoven can finally follow his true nature; dump his family in The Netherlands for a Colombian waiter on Aruba. Kevin Chesterton exchanges his employment at a lawyers office in Washington for a life in the Caribbean. Lord Barnsbys plan challenges these men and their business associates to risk everything. The Dutch police are changing. Berk, a Dutch inspector, regards these changes with regret. His boss has enough of Berks reluctance to conform, and seizes the first opportunity to send him of to Curacao as part of an exchange programme. Some dreams come true and some lives come to a premature end. Inspector Berk discovers new pleasures and old truths.