The Island Excerpt

CHAPTER ONE Terre-de-Haut, Guadeloupe VICTOR COUDRIER WALKED briskly down the dark beach. Sweat covered his upper body, causing his T-shirt to cling to his torso. He always perspired when he was nervous, and tonight he was as nervous as he’d ever been. Hearing voices ahead, he came to a stop. Two silhouettes walked toward him, and his pulse quickened in…