Behind Closed Doors (The Mccloud Series Book 1) by Shannon McKenna

Author:Shannon McKenna [McKenna, Shannon]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2003-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

He would never have thought that angel face capable of lying. The painful, exposed honesty trembling in her voice last night; he’d bought it completely. This was the kind of stuff that happened to a guy when he started thinking with his dick. Other men were used to it, maybe. For him, it was an unpleasant novelty.

He dialed McCloud, staring at the cluster of signals on the beacon display screen. Raine was not safely ensconced in the Lazar Import & Export corporate office. She was on southbound I-5, moving through Shoreline. He’d stopped at Oak Terrace to grab some fresh clothes and equipment, and punched up the beacon display to check on her. So he could relax. Hah.

McCloud picked up on the third ring. “Why didn’t you call me when she skipped out?” Seth snarled.

“Because you were busy, and I had the situation under control,” Connor said calmly. “At least until just now.”

“Yeah? What’s that supposed to mean?”

“It means that Raine’s been holding out on you, buddy. I just talked to Davy. Nobody by the name of Peter Marat has ever worked for Victor Lazar.” Connor clucked his tongue. “I’d hold off on the wedding invitations until you figure out what she’s up to.”

“You are annoying the shit out of me, McCloud.”

“That’s my specialty. Back to your blonde. I’ve been chasing her around all morning. Her first visit was to a retired doctor named Serena Fischer. Davy checked her out, tells me that Fischer is a GP who used to practice in Severin Bay. She was there for about twenty minutes.”

“Now what is she doing?”

“This is the interesting part. I tuned in to her cell phone. She’s going to see my boss. She’s on her way to Bill Haley’s office right now.”

Seth’s mouth fell open.

“She’s that good, huh?” Connor’s voice was coolly speculative. “Been spilling tales while you’ve been boning Blondie, Seth?”

“Fuck, no.” He was too stupefied to be angered by the accusation.

“Hmm. You’re never going to guess what else she said to Donna, when she called the Cave. You sitting down?”

“Don’t be coy,” Seth snarled.

“She said she was Peter Lazar’s daughter. Peter…Marat…Lazar. Congratulations, Mackey. You’ve been giving the high hard one to Victor Lazar’s niece.”

An icy claw gripped Seth’s gut, and squeezed. He sat down. Hard.

Connor’s voice was relentlessly matter of fact. “Davy ran another check. It all happened pretty much like Raine said, except for the trifling detail of the last name. Victor’s younger brother Peter drowned in ’85. He had a daughter, name of Katerina. The kid and her mom skipped the country and haven’t been heard from since.”

Connor paused, expectant, but Seth was struck speechless.

He grunted and went on. “That’s not all. Sean tailed Lazar’s Mercedes around all morning, listening to his cell phone. There’s going to be one of those depraved VIP shindigs out at Stone Island tonight. Victor’s been calling members of his club of illicit collectors, plus his favorite exclusive escort service, for the late-night entertainment. Sounds like a big deal. It’ll be interesting to see who comes.

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