Operation Asian Tiger

 A Jonathon Stone Mystery Short Story BY James Moushon

Operation Asian Tiger

A Jonathon Stone Mystery Short Story

Author: James Moushon





Chuck Chun joins Jonathon Stone in a mundane assignment in Singapore. The dull surveillance op quickly turns from boring to the search for terrorists and the solution of an international tragedy. The Royal Malaysian Police are going in the wrong direction as Jonathon uses the vast resources of the CIA to zero in on the truth.

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Excerpt from Operation Asian Tiger

A marine layer was rolling into the Long Beach sky. I sat on the outside deck of the Casino Queen staring at the Queen Mary across the harbor. I was taking a break from my blackjack routine I told myself but in reality it seemed like I couldn’t win a hand.

I was down a couple thousand so I was going to plan B. Jack and Coke was always plan B.

Being an on-call asset for the CIA meant I had a lot of downtime.

A cocktail waitress walked toward me with a refill, when my cell phone rang. I checked the caller ID. Bad timing. It was Russ Evans, my boss from San Francisco. I checked my watch. Six o’clock on a Sunday afternoon. We can’t have something going on now.

“Russ, what’s up?”

“I have an assignment for you. I’m not interrupting anything, am I?”

I stared at my ice-filled glass of Jack.

“Oh, no. Nothing I can’t take care of quickly.”

“Good. We need you to go to Singapore tomorrow. Chuck Chun will meet you there. He is leaving tonight. We have you booked out of LAX at six in the morning.”

Well, so much for trying to win my money back.

“What do we have going on there?”

“I need you and Chuck to babysit the field office there. Kim Asato, the station chief, just took on a major task and we want to have the office there covered. With your management experience and Chuck’s language skills, you’re the right two for the job. Besides Jon, you need to take a break from the Casino.”

I took a quick look around. Could he hear the slots in the background?

“What kind of deal are we getting into?”

“We are probably talking two weeks. She has a couple of active tasks that need monitoring. She has her hands full with the plane that disappeared over there. Anyway I don’t foresee any heavy lifting on your part. Kim doesn’t want the other tasks to get away from her. She’ll brief you when you get there. You were just there last year, right?”

“Yes. Kim picked me up at the airport.”

I don’t know if you could say I was actually there. I touched down. Took care of business and was on the red eye back to the states that same day. It was one of those in-and-out ops.

“Debbie will email your itinerary. Jon, look at this like two weeks off. I’ll keep in touch.”

Six in the morning at LAX on a Monday with a seventeen hour flight ahead of me. That doesn’t sound like time off but they do serve beverages on the flight and it was first class.

I took care of the Jack and Coke and headed home. My money would still be there when I got back.

A Note from Jonathon

My name is Jonathon Stone. Like a lot of single, All-American men I enjoy gambling, drinking, and the ladies.

I am a writer for Real Sportsman Magazine.

Being a writer is a realistic, workable cover but, in reality, I am a Special Agent for the CIA. I am assigned to the West Coast-based – Far East Operation Center located in San Francisco.

At one time our offices were in downtown Long Beach, CA. On the main floor was a complete magazine group with secretaries and a writing staff that produced a monthly hunting magazine.

In the basement of that office building was a full-blown CIA operation with security set up and computer center.

Eventually, our cover was blown, and the staff was scattered to the wind. My boss, Russ Evans, changed my status to At-Large and kept me in the Long Beach area. I live in Belmont Shore, if you want to be more specific.

I am what my fellow agents call an Asset-On-Call. I may just show up anywhere in the world.

As a footnote, we also handle the Domestic Operation - Terrorism (DOT) division. It was formed to handle terrorist threats inside the U.S. after DHS took control of intelligence.

This group is not on the Company’s organization chart.

Jonathon Stone

Author: James Moushon

Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Satire

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James Moushon is a Mystery writer and an Author Advocate.

Starting over 15 years ago, he helped lead the startup of the electronic forms industry in the creation, conversion and usage of electronic forms by supplying that industry with a continuing source of published literature, software products and training seminars.

In 2003, Moushon changed his focus to ebooks and their development.

James is currently wearing two Hats. He is a Mystery Writer and a Book Publishing Blogger. You can find his blogs at:

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He has spent the majority of his adult life developing computer systems and thinking about writing mysteries.

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