The Political Techno-Mystery that began the Treachery In Turtle Bay Collection by the author who spent six years inside the UN while the inspiration for the series unfolded.
COMMENTS ON TREACHERY IN TURTLE BAY FROM UN STAFF GLOBALLY
“I was a UN staff member in Iraq from 1998 until the termination of the "oil-for-food" programme in 2003. Paul Volker's inquiry and revealing report shocked those of who worked hard in the field, at great risk, to ensure the implementation of Security Council resolution 986 (1995). I hope your novels will, one day be a TV mini-series.”
“Corruption is not only in Iraq, your next mystery should center on Africa”
“Are you sure that the funds didn’t go where your Anna and Hugh Masterson found them?”
FROM AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST THE AUTHOR OF THE SEMINAL JOURNALISTIC WORK ON CORRUPTION AT THE UNITED NATIONS.
“...it indeed is a page-turner with insight and insider flavor that captures the essence of international intrigue at the U.N.
“And to think you were inspired by the Oil-For Food scandal! Are you sure that it all didn't really happen?
“I think there are some other mysterious programs over there that Anna and Hugh now need to tackle.”
A story of intrigue, technology laced sleuthing and murder based on the corruption plagued ‘United Nations’ Oil For Food Program’. One that takes Hugh Masterson a consultant to the UN and his wife Anna, from the highest levels of the United Nations to the highest levels of the United States Government.
October 27, 2005
The Independent Inquiry Committee into The United Nations Oil for Food Programme run by former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volker summarized the cash flow of that corruption ridden activity, “Under the Programme, the Government of Iraq sold $64.2 billion of oil to 248 companies. In turn, 3,614 companies sold $34.5 billion of humanitarian goods to Iraq”.
The difference between income from oil sales and outgo for humanitarian goods was $29.7 Billion.
What happened to that $29,700,000,000?
June 5, 2006
A man plummets from the window of his twentieth story apartment. His body is splattered over the walkways and bushes of a small park on East 45th Street in New York City. Hugh Masterson, a UN consultant, cutting through the park on his way to work, is stopped by security personnel.
Later that day Hugh learns that he not only knows the dead man, an officer in the United Nations' Procurement Division, but also is in his debt for a past kindness.
Things don't add up when the United Nations’ Senior Management declare the incident a suicide. Hugh finds himself compelled to look into the real story behind the twenty-story plunge. Did he jump or was he pushed?
So begins an odyssey that takes Hugh and his wife Anna on a mission that puts them in the middle of danger. They are delving deeply into the corruption and greed of powerful men.
Those who have read Treachery In Turtle Bay continue to ask the question, “Is it fiction imitating fact…and where is the $29,700,000?”
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