Clint Faraday is a retired PI from Florida who has moved to Bocas del Toro, Panama. His ideas change radically as time goes on. He lives partly among the Indigenos, and has learned to love and deeply respect them. He is asked to aid the police in murder cases, having gained their respect. These are the short stories from the series [61 books] They are from the first book, A Sometimes Thing, to the fourth, Short Cuts, to the fifth, Dangerous Curves. Clint is helped, in many cases, by his attractive Oriental nextdoor neighbor, Judi Lum, who has an amazing ability to find information in unexpected places. She is actually very intelligent, but can act the airheaded bimbo to perfection.