A corpse is found in Waaigat, a port in the St Anna Bay in Willemstad, onthe island of Curacao. Colombian drug dealers are the designatedassassins. Local politicians and their police minions are adamant that noone among the island bigwigs can be responsible for the crime.Pieter Van Veld finds a way to escape the confinement of his marriage.Adriaan Van Tienhoven can finally follow his true nature; dump his familyin The Netherlands for a Colombian waiter on Aruba. Kevin Chestertonexchanges his employment at a lawyers office in Washington for a life inthe Caribbean. Lord Barnsbys plan challenges these men and theirbusiness associates to risk everything.The Dutch police are changing. Berk, a Dutch inspector, regards thesechanges with regret. His boss has enough of Berks reluctance toconform, and seizes the first opportunity to send him of to Curacao aspart of an exchange programme.Some dreams come true and some lives come to a premature end.Inspector Berk discovers new pleasures and old truths.