Operation Deadline

 A Jonathon Stone Mystery Short Story BY James Moushon

Operation Deadline

A Jonathon Stone Mystery Short Story

Author: James Moushon





A hit and run death of a man on the CIA’s watch list sends Jonathon Stone on another op. This time he teams with FBI Agent Jodi Shannon. They quickly find out it was a planned murder and the victim was part of an investigative reporter’s study of a Middle-Eastern student group. Then, a second murder with a similar MO occurs and Jonathon is sent in a different direction.

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Excerpt from Operation Deadline

There was a light, misty rain falling along the ocean. The Long Beach area mornings were always like this in the winter, it seemed. It was refreshing while you run, but it was cold when you stopped. Ahead, I could see my newspaper lying in the driveway, soaked.

I put it in the sink in the kitchen and headed to the shower. A nice warm one would bring my body back to reality. Before I could make it to the bathroom, my cell phone started playing my theme song, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

It was Wiley, my tech support guy from San Francisco.

“Hey, Wiley.

“I’m not interrupting anything, am I?”

He always asked me that since he interrupted one of my encounters last summer. My part-time girlfriend Jill reminded me of that every once in a while.

“Jon, I just picked something up off our FBI scanner system.”

The CIA had a setup where we could monitor certain types of terrorist communications from various domestic law enforcement agencies.

“Last night a young man was found dead in an apparent hit and run accident. His name was Abdul Ali and he was on the FBI’s foreign student watch list.”

“Aren’t all foreign students on that list?”

Wiley hesitated. “I believe that’s correct.”

He hesitated again thinking about what I had just said.

“This guy is getting a lot of attention for a student. It says here that he was the leader of a student group in the Southland called The Students for Arab Peace. As far as I can tell it’s a non-violent group. What doesn’t make sense is all the chatter over a car accident.”

“We should follow up on it.”

“I’ll check into the group,” Wiley said.

“It might be on the local news,” I suggested. “I’ll check out the locals here."

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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Author Description: 

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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The blog's purpose is to help authors get exposure in the book publishing industry. He has interviewed and showcased over 600 authors to date.

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

His website is: JAMES MOUSHON - MYSTERY WRITER / BOOK INDUSTRY BLOGGER

To contact him, e-mail: james.moushon@gmail.com

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