Unfinished Business: Pursuit of an Antarctic Killer (2010) (edit title/settings)

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• Captain Roberto Muñoz: Captain of the Chilean auxiliary fleet tug Lientur; later assigned to Fleet Headquarters, Santiago, as an International Liaison Officer; his actual rank is Corvette Captain
• Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Gabriel Osorio (non-commissioned officer): Chilean Office of Navy Records; long-time friend of CWO Raul Lucero (deceased), formerly of the Lientur
• Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Demetrio Ramos (non-commissioned officer): Office of Internal Affairs, Santiago; close friend of CWO Osorio's
• Corvette Captain Mateo Valderas: Chilean Office of Internal Affairs; classmate of Muñoz' at the Chilean Naval Academy
• Lieutenant-Commander Cristian Barbudo: Office of Internal Affairs (deceased)
• Maria Barbudo: Commander Barbudo's widow
• Lieutenant-Commander Antonio Del Río: Works for Captain Valderas in the Office of Internal Affairs
• Emilia Del Río: Commander Del Río's wife
• Petty Officer Morales (non-commissioned officer): Base electronics laboratory (Arica Naval Base)
• 'Angelica' (aka Ljiljana Madzarevic): A 16- or 17-year-old Yugoslav prostitute in Arica
• José Donaire: Angelica's pimp
• Doctor Javier Espinoza: Coroner, Arica, Chile
• Isabella Elgueta: An older, more worldly, but still beautiful prostitute in Arica; Angelica's friend
• Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Guillermo Acuña: Member of the Lientur's complement
• Don Pable Larenas: Captain Muñoz' benefactor; before Larenas died, he was the head of the largest cartel in Chile, the Larenas Cartel
• Lucia Aguilera: A close friend of Emilia Del Río; Emilia would like to arrange for Lucia and Captain Valderas to double-date with her and Antonio
• Brigade General Francisco Arias: Convened official Army Board of Inquiry into the death of Chilean Army First Sergeant Leonardo Rodríguez in the days following his arrival at Base Bernardo O'Higgins, the Chilean Antarctic, late in December, 1961 (by orca attack)
• Vice Admiral Víctor Madariaga: Convened official Navy Board of Inquiry into the death of Lieutenent-Commander Cristian Barbudo on or about February 19, 1962, in a crevasse on the North Antarctic Peninsula. He also convened the official Navy Board of Inquiry into the deaths of Chief Warrant Offi er Raul Lucero and Chief Petty Officer Eduardo Bellolio early on the morning of February 2o, 1962, aboard the auxiliary fl eet tug Lientur in waters off the west coast of the North Antarctic Peninsula.
• Chief Ariel Briones: Chief of Police, Arica, Chile
• Admiral Cárdenas: Director, Office of Internal Affairs, Santiago; Captain Valderas' boss
• Master John Williams: Captain of the John Biscoe, a supply and research vessel used by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) for work in the waters around the South Shetland Islands and the North Antarctic Peninsula
• Leading Rate Ciro Delgado: Member of the Lientur's complement
• Aryanna Valencia Sarmiento: Maria Barbudo's mother
• Ted Stone: University of Wisconsin graduate student and member of the 16th Chilean Expedition to the Antarctic

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• “F'or never can true reconcilement grow, Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.' John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV, lines 98, 99”

• “It was Master Williams who broke the silence. 'You know, Roberto, I think the worst thing that can happen to anyone is losing a friend and not having the opportunity to say goodbye. These islands and the shores of the Antarctic Peninsula, not to mention the Peninsula itself, are dotted with memorials to friends of mine, some of whom I had known for decades. They were good men . . . scientists and engineers, explorers and adventurers . . . all drawn to the Frozen Continent by the challenges it posed. Some came to work, others to escape something or someone in their former lives . . . perhaps a dead-end career or a failed romance . . . you-name-it. But here is one of the last places on Earth where men can test their mettle against Nature and show the world, if not themselves, what they are made of. Tragically, some never make it home.”

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• Arica, Chile
• Santiago, Chile
• Calama, Chile
• Valparaiso, Chile
• Bransfield Strait, North Antarctic Peninsula
• Viña del Mar, Chile

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• Though seemingly unfair, bad things happen to good people: Describe this theme.
• The battle between good and evil can change forever even the most innocent person
• Deception plays a major role in Nature, Man, and Life

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1. Theodore Jerome Cohen (Author) - Theodore J. Cohen, PhD, holds three degrees in the physical sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has been an engineer and scientist for more than 40 years. He has published more than 350 papers, articles, columns, essays, and interviews in the fields of communications and electronics, and is a co-author of The NEW Shortwave Propagation Handbook from CQ Communications.His first novel, Full Circle: A Dream Denied, A Vision Fulfilled, which is based on his avocation as a violinist--Dr. Cohen plays with the Bryn Athyn (PA) Orchestra--was published by AuthorHouse in 2009.He also has written three novels that comprise his Antarctic Murders Trilogy: Frozen in Time: Murder at the Bottom of the World (Book I); Unfinished Business: Pursuit of an Antarctic Killer (Book II); and End Game: Irrational Acts, Tragic Consequences (Book III). The Trilogy was published by AuthorHouse, as well. From December 1961 through early March 1962, Dr. Cohen participated in the 16th Chilean Expedition to the Antarctic. The US Board of Geographic Names in October, 1964, named the geographical feature Cohen Islands, located at 63° 18' S. latitude, 57° 53' W. longitude in the Cape Legoupil area, Antarctica, in his honor.Dr. Cohen has been an investor since 1960, focusing almost entirely since 1980 on the world of biotechnology. His experience spans the period from the dawn of the Age of Biotechnology in the late 1970s to today's era of ever more momentous successes in the field. Death by Wall Street: Rampage of the Bulls, is his first novel pertaining to the combined fields of investing and biotechnology.Dr. Cohen served in the US Army Corps of Engineers from March 1966 through March 1968, leaving the service with the rank of Captain.For more information, visit: http://www.theodorecohennovels.comTo listen to an interview with Ted on his life as a writer, go to: http://www.readerviews.com/ReviewCohenFrozenInTime.html

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• Dewey: 813

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This book is for mature teenagers and above

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Action & Adventure
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Suspense

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• Theodore Cohen Novels

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