Amos Binder, Secret Agent by Gary Paulsen

Author:Gary Paulsen [Paulsen, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-80401-3
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2011-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

“I don’t think Cyrano wanted you to give that tiara back to Fatima right away.” Amos unlocked the door of their room. “Remember, he said maybe we could use it to get in the safe.”

“I know what he said.” Dunc took off his tie. “But I couldn’t let Fatima worry like that. She seemed awfully glad to get it back.”

“I’ll say. Boy, did she ever plant one on you. Right on the lips too. I thought girls from her country were supposed to be shy.”

Dunc’s face started to turn pink. “She was just excited. That was her way of saying she was grateful.”

“I sure wouldn’t mind if Melissa ever wanted to be grateful.” Amos flipped the switch to open the electric curtains. A freckle-faced boy with red hair was sitting on the iron railing of the balcony, grinning.

“Uh … Dunc, we have a visitor.”

Dunc raised one eyebrow. “That’s the bellboy from the lobby.”

The boy opened the glass doors and strode into the room. “You guys aren’t bad for rank amateurs. A little more polish and they’d probably hire you.” He sat down in the wing-back chair.

“Do we know you?” Amos asked.

“No, but you should. You’re using my identity.”

“So you’re A. Bender?” Dunc moved to the couch.

“The one and only Andy Bender. Or so I thought, until now.”

“Oh, you still are. I mean, it was all a mistake,” Amos said. “You see, I got this letter—”

“We know all about that. Cyrano sent you that letter. Somehow his people came up with the wrong address. I was in Hong Kong when they contacted me about the situation.” Andy took a folder out of his jacket and tossed it on the table.

“So that’s where it went.” Dunc picked the folder up and thumbed through it. “I never got a chance to finish reading it.”

“Sorry about borrowing it. But I had to see what I was supposed to be doing.”

Dunc sat down. “You weren’t by any chance in the laundry room awhile ago?”

Andy smiled. “I thought I’d save you guys some trouble and take that bozo out for you.”

“Then you really do know martial arts?” Amos sat on the arm of the couch and leaned forward. “To tell you the truth, Andy, I’m kinda glad you showed up. This whole thing is getting out of hand. Cyrano wants us to break into Ambassador Khalil’s safe and switch fake jewels for the real ones. Now that you’re here, you can take over.”

“So that’s his game.” Andy rubbed the back of his neck.

“His game?” Dunc looked worried. “You mean Cyrano isn’t one of the good guys?”

Andy sighed. “Maybe I better explain things. Cyrano does work for the government. And in the past he’s been one of our very best agents. But lately all kinds of strange stuff has been happening on his cases. Priceless artifacts turned up missing from his mission to Egypt. His partner died mysteriously in South Africa, and a fortune in gold was taken from a museum.”

“That doesn’t necessarily mean he’s guilty, does it?” Amos leaned back.

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