A Holiday Collection by Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark

Author:Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark [Clark, Mary Higgins & Clark, Carol Higgins]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

As the time for the ransom drop approached, the tension in the Major Case Squad at One Police Plaza increased. Everyone who would be involved was in and out of Jack Reilly’s office.

It had been a totally frustrating day. The prints they had found in the limo did not belong to anyone on record. The security-camera tapes from the hospital had proven basically useless. The man who had left the gift for Nora Reilly was of average height with slouching posture. When he had entered the hospital, he had been carrying the shopping bag cradled in his arms, virtually hiding his face. Only the back of his head was visible when he entered the gift shop, and when he exited, the huge bow on the box effectively shielded his face from the cameras.

Alvirah had reported on her trip to Long’s department store. They had gotten Darlene Krinsky’s address and phone number from the store’s business office, but so far she hadn’t been located. Not surprising, two days before Christmas, Jack thought. She’s probably running around shopping, or partying. Not that he expected a talk with her would lead to anything. If that guy hadn’t used a credit card for the teddy bear in the gift shop, it was doubtful that he used one for a frame that cost loss than ten dollars.

But the conversation with Alvirah did have one direct result. She was going to be riding in the backseat of his car tonight. He still wasn’t quite sure how she had talked him into it, but as she pointed out, the only direct link they had to the kidnappers was the tape made because of her quick thinking. It was a fact that could not be denied.

At three o’clock, everyone involved in the ransom drop assembled in Reilly’s office. Jack and his close friend, FBI agent Charlie Winslow, jointly ran the meeting.

In painstaking detail, they reviewed every aspect of what would be happening. There would be six cars in the mobile surveillance unit covering Regan Reilly as she followed the kidnappers’ instructions. They would stay in touch by portable radios operating on a closed FBI frequency.

The tech unit monitoring Regan’s cell phone would immediately convey the instructions through the closed circuit to the mobile unit.

“Our agents have picked up the ransom money from the Federal Reserve,” Winslow told them. “Tonight our aircraft will be overhead to track it, wherever it goes.”

“You guys,” Jack said, nodding to five detectives on the right side of the room, “will be eyeballing the Reillys’ apartment building in case the kidnappers try anything as she’s leaving the garage. Once she’s on the street, you jump in your cars and join the mobile unit. Any comments?”

Dan Rodenburg, a seasoned police veteran of thirty years, shifted in his seat. “I don’t like the idea of Regan Reilly driving alone in that car,” he said flatly.

Neither do I, Jack thought. “We’ve thoroughly discussed it with her. She will not further endanger those two lives by having one of us hidden in the car.

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