| Author: | Mobi D'Ark | ISBN: | 9781311753731 |
| Publisher: | Mobi D'Ark | Publication: | November 24, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mobi D'Ark |
| ISBN: | 9781311753731 |
| Publisher: | Mobi D'Ark |
| Publication: | November 24, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
The Bahrain Incident is an 8,000-word ‘whodunit’ set in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi in the early 1970’s. The tale commences in 2008, with a chance meeting between old colleagues in London, before flashing back to Abu Dhabi in the early 70’s - at a time when ‘Base Camp’, an oilfield caravan site way out in the desert, was the largest centre of habitation in the country.
There, the mainly American expatriate oilfield workers enjoyed a ‘wild west’ type of existence. They worked hard, drank hard, played hard, and fought hard. When they went to nearby Bahrain for R&R, they also ‘screwed’ hard.
The murder of a Seychelles prostitute, who worked in Bahrain, results in the arrest of Steve, a young Vietnam Vet, who had just flown back his job in Abu Dhabi after a few days off.
The evidence pointing to him is overwhelming, but the oil company management are determined to get him released from the ‘hell-hole’ of a stockade, situated out in the blistering, Abu Dhabi desert before he dies of heat stroke and starvation. Somehow, they must also prevent the police from extraditing him back to Bahrain to face murder charges.
The success - or otherwise of these efforts, together with some startling revelations which only become apparent some 25 years after the event, take the reader through a maelstrom of suspense and surprises.
Hitherto a writer of literary novels and short stories based in Thailand, this is the only fully fledged murder-mystery so far written by the author, Mobi D’Ark, who spent three years working in Abu Dhabi in the early 1970’s.
The Bahrain Incident, is a work of fiction, but is nevertheless based on his personal experiences when living and working there.
This ebook also contains ‘tasters’ of the Author’s other work.
The Bahrain Incident is an 8,000-word ‘whodunit’ set in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi in the early 1970’s. The tale commences in 2008, with a chance meeting between old colleagues in London, before flashing back to Abu Dhabi in the early 70’s - at a time when ‘Base Camp’, an oilfield caravan site way out in the desert, was the largest centre of habitation in the country.
There, the mainly American expatriate oilfield workers enjoyed a ‘wild west’ type of existence. They worked hard, drank hard, played hard, and fought hard. When they went to nearby Bahrain for R&R, they also ‘screwed’ hard.
The murder of a Seychelles prostitute, who worked in Bahrain, results in the arrest of Steve, a young Vietnam Vet, who had just flown back his job in Abu Dhabi after a few days off.
The evidence pointing to him is overwhelming, but the oil company management are determined to get him released from the ‘hell-hole’ of a stockade, situated out in the blistering, Abu Dhabi desert before he dies of heat stroke and starvation. Somehow, they must also prevent the police from extraditing him back to Bahrain to face murder charges.
The success - or otherwise of these efforts, together with some startling revelations which only become apparent some 25 years after the event, take the reader through a maelstrom of suspense and surprises.
Hitherto a writer of literary novels and short stories based in Thailand, this is the only fully fledged murder-mystery so far written by the author, Mobi D’Ark, who spent three years working in Abu Dhabi in the early 1970’s.
The Bahrain Incident, is a work of fiction, but is nevertheless based on his personal experiences when living and working there.
This ebook also contains ‘tasters’ of the Author’s other work.
