{"id":2831,"date":"2014-05-14T14:38:10","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T14:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terence.garageo.us\/?p=2831"},"modified":"2014-05-14T14:38:10","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T14:38:10","slug":"operation-bird-of-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terenceblacker.com\/New\/operation-bird-of-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Bird of paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m smoking an agreeably mild cigar. The sun is dipping over the dark blue ocean, but the air is still warm. The sound of a tropical stringed instrument, a man singing along to it, echoes down a narrow street nearby. Before me on the table is a long iced glass of Injaba Slammer, the local cocktail. Beyond that, sitting opposite me, is a blonde.<\/p>\n<p>There are times when being a detective sergeant in the Metropolitan Police is not such a terrible job. Those years of watching bad people doing bad things, of listening to lie after guilty lie in interview rooms, of the sheer bloody grinding boredom of solving crime: it turns out that they earn you a spot of credit at the end of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Something like Operation Bird of Paradise &#8211; sun, sea, surveillance &#8211; comes along and, stone me, you get the nod&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Available as a Kindle Single for 99p\/$1.67<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cta buy orange\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/leexr4z\">Buy The Story (0.99\u00a3)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m smoking an agreeably mild cigar. The sun is dipping over the dark blue ocean, but the air is still warm. The sound of a tropical stringed instrument, a man singing along to it, echoes down a narrow street nearby. 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