The Yacht Case
Reeks: Detective Rage Mysteries
D. E. Harrison
- In
- the
- general
- area
- where
- Bill
- Gates
- lives,
- some
- homes
- have
- been
- broken
- into.
- The
- Chief
- of
- Police
- is
- aware
- of
- these
- incidents
- and
- asks
- Inspector
- Strong
- to
- send
- Detective
- Rage
- and
- patrolman
- Jones
- for
- a
- low-key
- surveillance.
- They
- are
- told
- where
- to
- park
- so
- as
- not
- to
- make
- a
- nuisance
- themselves.
- They
- wait
- and
- watch
- but
- see
- nothing;
- except,
- a
- woodpecker
- flying
- off
- for
- no
- apparent
- reason.
- Jones
- wishes
- to
- investigate
- and
- does
- so
- by
- swimming
- in
- cold
- Lake
- Washington.
- The
- shoreline
- has
- docks
- for
- every
- foot
- of
- it.
- Rage
- agrees
- to
- meet
- him
- at
- the
- public
- boat
- launching
- facility
- after
- he
- snoops
- around.
- He
- comes
- up
- wet
- and
- she
- gives
- him
- a
- towel.
Walking
- back
- to
- her
- jeep,
- but
- it
- is
- not
- there!
- A
- local
- security’s
- car
- is
- parked
- where
- her
- jeep
- was.
- The
- officer
- decides
- to
- arrest
- them
- for
- numerous
- local
- code
- violations.
- He
- brings
- out
- his
- handcuffs
- and
- finds
- himself
- disarmed,
- cuffed,
- and
- thrown
- in
- the
- backseat
- of
- his
- car.
- Rage
- drives
- to
- the
- local
- municipal
- building.
In
- the
- building
- the
- Head
- of
- Security
- is
- dismayed
- that
- his
- officer
- is
- in
- cuffs.
- They
- come
- to
- terms
- that
- Rage
- has
- violated
- no
- laws
- and
- Security
- will
- bury
- this
- incident
- because
- it
- is
- in
- a
- larger
- case.
- The
- tow
- truck
- driver
- is
- paid
- with
- a
- Security
- voucher.
Jones
- reports
- back
- to
- the
- Inspector
- that
- they
- came
- by
- an
- underwater
- ski
- of
- some
- type
- and
- left
- the
- same
- way.
- They
- only
- way
- to
- catch
- them
- will
- be
- in
- the
- water
- and
- detectors
- must
- be
- placed
- to
- find
- and
- track
- them.
- He
- is
- a
- trained
- diver;
- Rage
- will
- need
- more
- training
- to
- dive
- in
- cold
- water.
- She
- is
- given
- the
- training
- the
- next
- day
- at
- a
- military
- base,
- close
- by.
Jones
- sets
- the
- detectors
- in
- Lake
- Washington
- and
- they
- wait.
- They
- detect
- the
- swimmers,
- but
- they
- only
- go
- part
- way
- toward
- the
- shore
- and
- return
- to
- a
- yacht
- anchored
- close
- by.
- Detective
- Smith
- researches
- the
- Yacht.
- It
- will
- be
- in
- the
- inner
- lakes
- around
- Seattle
- for
- only
- a
- few
- more
- weeks.
It
- appears
- the
- home
- robberies
- were
- only
- practice
- for
- something
- else
- but
- what?
- Is
- it
- even
- in
- Seattle?
- The
- yacht
- sails
- into
- Lake
- Union
- and
- its
- shore
- is
- lined
- with
- start
- up
- companies
- and
- other
- research
- organizations.
- A
- prize
- well
- worth
- the
- effort
- to
- pluck,
- but
- which
- one?
The
- FBI
- and
- the
- Inspector’s
- teams
- agree
- to
- inform
- Homeland
- Security
- of
- their
- suspicions.
- The
- government
- has
- many
- contracts
- with
- firms
- around
- Lake
- Union.
- They
- intend
- to
- protect
- everyone
- of
- them
- with
- the
- FBI
- assisting.
- The
- yacht
- maybe
- preparing
- to
- make
- the
- heist
- and
- escape
- by
- water.
A
- third
- party
- has
- more
- at
- stake
- in
- the
- firms
- along
- Lake
- Union
- than
- the
- government.
- They
- intend
- to
- defend
- their
- property
- and
- will
- tell
- no
- one
- of
- their
- plans.
- This
- third
- party
- has
- the
- people,
- money,
- and
- equipment
- if
- push
- comes
- to
- shove.
- The
- yacht
- launches
- their
- plan,
- but
- it
- is
- not
- anywhere
- near
- the
- government’s
- projects.
Can
- the
- third
- party
- overcome
- and
- protect
- their
- investment
- without
- Homeland
- and
- the
- FBI
- discovering
- who
- they are?
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