The Maracaibo Affair — Rod Gray

Originally printed in 1975. This is a New Edition rePrint by the Gardner Francis Fox Library LLC. This story is about GUSHER The Lady from L.U.S.T. is sent to Venezuela to protect El Carnicero, The Butcher, from a vengeance she feels he richly deserves. Long ago, El Carnicero appropriated an oil baron's rich lands, had raped his wife and daughter, gouged out the eyes of one son, disfigured another, and burned the baron alive. Now he wanted to do business with the U.S., but somebody was trying to do him in first. The U.S. wanted his oil, and wanted him kept alive at least until he signed an agreement with them. That's where Eve comes in. She's got to save a man she'd like to rub out herself. But as always it's business before pleasure with Eve, and as usual she manages to make a lot of friends.