Pumpkin Gang
Reeks: Detective Rage Mysteries
D. E. Harrison
- A
- bank
- is
- robbed
- in
- Seattle
- by
- men
- dressed
- as
- pumpkins
- head
- to
- foot.
- The
- pumpkin
- robbers
- leave
- in
- a
- pumpkin
- car
- losing
- seeds,
- parts,
- and
- juice.
- The
- city
- police
- refuse
- to
- believe
- anything
- the
- witnesses
- say.
- The
- bank
- is
- full
- of
- every
- police
- officer
- robbery
- can
- find;
- including
- two
- homicide
- detectives
- Rage,
- and
- Smith
- even
- through
- no
- shots
- were
- fired.
- Rage
- turns
- in
- their
- report,
- and
- they
- go
- back
- to
- the
- station.
- After
- a
- near
- riot
- of
- the
- witnesses
- in
- the
- bank,
- the
- FBI
- arrives
- and
- takes
- over.
- The
- investigation
- comes
- to
- a
- complete
- halt
- the
- same
- day
- with
- no
- leads.
- The
- witnesses
- can
- tell
- you
- how
- the
- pumpkins
- over
- their
- heads
- were
- carved
- but
- not
- how
- many
- robbers
- there
- were.
On
- the
- weekend,
- Detective
- Rage
- has
- a
- pet
- peeve
- with
- patrolman
- Jones
- for
- making
- fun
- of
- her
- ‘Horse
- Movies.’
- She
- has
- a
- devious
- plan
- and
- goes
- to
- an
- upper
- tier,
- exclusive
- women’s
- salon.
- While
- there
- the
- manager
- offers
- her
- an
- exclusive
- modeling
- job
- in
- her
- private
- suite,
- which
- she
- declines.
A
- heavily
- armed
- force
- over
- runs
- the
- mall.
- shooting
- anyone
- and
- everything
- in
- sight.
- Rage
- now
- has
- on
- a
- white
- flowing
- negligee.
- She
- straps
- on
- a
- utility
- belt
- for
- her
- Colts,
- calls
- for
- backup,
- and
- goes
- outside.
- Patrolman
- Jones
- and
- SWAT
- clean
- up
- the
- mess.
- The
- FBI
- finds
- no
- relationship
- between
- the
- mall
- shooting
- and
- the
- pumpkin
- robbery.
Meanwhile
- the
- FBI
- and
- Inspector
- Strong
- are
- concerned
- when
- the
- other
- shoe
- will
- drop
- from
- the
- pumpkin
- robbery.
- Both
- agree
- it
- was
- just
- a
- practice
- run
- for
- something
- much
- bigger.
- The
- cash
- taken
- from
- the
- bank
- will
- not
- pay
- the
- expenses
- to
- rob
- it.
- The
- FBI
- feels
- the
- logical
- place
- the
- pumpkin
- gang
- is
- going
- is
- to
- Marty
- Graw
- because
- of
- the
- costumes,
- but
- what
- do
- they
- want
- there?
Other
- people
- are
- concerned
- that
- the
- FBI
- is
- looking
- under
- every
- rock
- for
- the
- pumpkin
- gang
- may
- stumble
- upon
- them.
- In
- a
- penthouse
- in
- Seattle,
- the
- owner
- and
- the
- person
- called
- ‘The
- Madam’
- is
- meeting
- with
- three
- of
- her
- associates,
- “We
- need
- to
- guide
- the
- FBI
- to
- stumble
- upon
- the
- pumpkin
- gang
- and
- arrest
- them.
- Marty
- Graw
- is
- the
- key.
- Prepare
- your
- teams
- for
- a
- Marty
- Graw
- operation.
- We
- must
- short
- circuit
- the
- FBI
- and
- steer
- them
- to
- the
- gang.”
She
- continues,
- “I
- will
- also
- question
- my
- former
- partners
- if
- they
- know
- anything.”
Can
- the
- Madam
- find
- and
- steer
- the
- FBI
- to
- the
- pumpkin
- gang
- and
- solve
- both
- their
- problems
- before
- she
- losses
- everything
- and
- flees
- the country?
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