Requiem For the Rio
Steve Bartholomew
- Year
- 1901
- Martino
- DiPaolo
- is
- hired
- as
- a
- Pinkerton
- bodyguard
- for
- Rounsevelle
- Wildman.
- Wildman,
- U.S.
- Consul
- General
- in
- Hong
- Kong,
- wants
- to
- reach
- Washington
- D.C.
- in
- time
- for
- President
- McKinley's
- inaugural.
- DiPaolo
- and
- Wildman
- sail
- on
- the
- S.S.
- Rio
- de
- Janeiro
- for
- San
- Francisco.
- But
- there
- have
- been
- threats
- against
- both
- Wildman
- and
- the
- president.
- As
- the
- threats
- become
- more
- real,
- DiPaolo
- doubts
- his
- own
- ability
- to
- protect
- the
- Consul.
- He
- has
- failed
- before
- and
- may
- fail
- again.
- He
- doesn't
- like
- this
- ship.
- DiPaolo
- doesn't
- know
- she
- is
- sailing
- toward
- disaster.Meanwhile,
- an
- assassin
- is
- on
- the loose.
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