Caribbean Requiem

Author: Brigitte Ober
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: An organizer who cannot experience love, a creative person who doesn't recognize pain, a sex psychopath "middleman," a homosexual who serves as a "screen" for cover—these characters have jointly staged dozens of sensational "cool plays." But is the stage always theirs? Private detective Dagobert Leroa, a 45-year-old man often wearing an alluring smile, leads a comfortable life on Saint Martin Island. Apart from his relatively busy affairs, he dedicates his spare time entirely to his beloved surfing. Until one day, a stubborn mestiza girl suddenly McGreggor detective agency, disrupting his life rhythm. The girl was born on a of the French overseas department of Martinique: Sainte-Marie Island, the product of an extramarital affair between her mother, Lorraine Maléfoufwa, and her lover—a cheerful Black youth. Her name is Charlotte Demar, 25 years old, and she is now determined to find her birth father, whom she has never met. After her mother's extramarital affair was exposed, she was driven out of her husband's home and spent a miserable life drinking herself to oblivion before passing away. Now, this beautiful Caribbean girl has become a fashion model. She is filled with hatred and wants to catch the bastard who betrayed her mother but also fathered her. Although the client provided no valuable clues and even had an argument with him during negotiations, Dagobert still accepted this case. He was born on the island of Desire, right next to Sainte-Marie Island, and this mission gave him the opportunity to return to his hometown to chase his past memories. However, to his surprise, he experienced a series of turbulent events in his homeland. Death lingered around him, the scorching sunlight over the Caribbean Sea made him dizzy, and sometimes he could hardly distinguish whether he was facing "good" or "evil."