Great Fiction

Greater Trouble in the Lesser Antilles

by Charles Locks

“How is it that our of the deep, cold winter of Minnesota comes such a vivid, wild ride of a novel set in the sun drenched, palm tree studded islands of the Caribbean? St. Paul resident Charles Locks has signaled his arrival in the land of Carl Hiassen, Tim Dorsey, James W. Hall, and Les Standiford with Greater Trouble in Lesser Antilles, a story with the kind of murder and romance that my customers can’t get enough of.”
– Mitchell Kaplan, owner of Books and Books, Coral Gables, Florida, and former President of American Booksellers Association.

Paradise is a place you go to escape your problems. Unfortunately, for Captain Brian –part-time sailor/philosopher and full-time hedonistic hero of this entertaining Caribbean novel ­– trouble has a way of finding him. First, his dissolute friend, Leif the Thief, is mysteriously murdered. Then the seductive Billie insists that they team up, in more ways than one, to solve the crime.

Unfortunately, a federal agent and a local constable decide to complicate Captain Brian’s carefree existence. All adds up to an entertaining mixture of shady characters, sunny places, and escapist tropical fiction.

“Charles Locks’ smart, clean prose sails through the shark-filled waters of paradise and sinks more than a few whodunit clichés along the way.”
– Chuck Logan, author of Homefront

“Locks takes the blue, blue waters of the Caribbean, adds murder and romance, then mixes it to a froth. A killer of a drink.”
– Mary Logue, poet, and author of Poison Heart

Charles Locks owned and operated restaurants in the Caribbean where he learned to sail and stay on the right side of the law. Prior to that, he served as a combat marine in Vietnam and then earned a degree in English from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. chasman@grantsburgtelcom.net