Meanwhile, Renshaw and Kessell had returned stateside and formed RKI, an international executive protection firm. Basically what such firms do in this era of terrorist threats is contract with U.S. companies to provide security risk analysis, program design, and defensive training. They also have contingency services: crisis-management; ransom negotiation and delivery; and hostage recovery. They’d lured Hy into the firm as a hostage negotiator with promises of big bucks and short hours; the bucks had flown in, but long hours persisted, because Hy is as driven as I am when he’s on the trail of a solution to a crime.
Dan Kessell had been murdered a few years ago, his killer never apprehended. I had my suspicions about the murder, all of them involving Renshaw. Later, Renshaw had totally disappeared, probably because one of his nefarious ventures went sour, and after a suitable time Hy had petitioned the court and been granted sole ownership of what was first known as Ripinsky International and now as McCone & Ripinsky International (an unfortunate appellation when referred to as MRI, conjuring up visions of X-ray rooms and white-coated technicians). But now it seemed Gage was back. And no doubt with plans intended to mess up the whole arrangement.
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Welcome
Dedication
Map
Chrystal
Saturday, October 7
Chrystal: Before
Sunday, October 8
Chrystal: Before
Sunday, October 8: Evening
Chrystal: Before
Monday, October 9: Early Morning
Chrystal: Before
Monday, October 9: Morning–Afternoon
Chrystal: Before
Monday, October 9: Afternoon–Evening
Chrystal: Before
Tuesday, October 10
Chrystal: Before
Wednesday, October 11
Chrystal: Before
Thursday, October 12
Sunday, October 15
June 19, 2002
About the Author
Also by Marcia Muller
A Preview of Someone Always Knows
Newsletters
Copyright
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
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