Chasing Shadows by Delonge Tom & Hartley A. J
Author:Delonge, Tom & Hartley, A. J. [Delonge, Tom & Hartley, A. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Mystery, thriller, Paranormal, Fantasy
Amazon: B01BDSLP9M
Goodreads: 29011493
Publisher: To The Stars...
Published: 2016-04-05T07:00:00+00:00
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HERMAN SALTZBURG
London
IN A WARM, EXPENSIVELY-PANELED OFFICE IN MAYFAIR, Herman Saltzburg extended his long legs under his desk and smiled a wide, slightly ghoulish smile. For a big man, he carried almost no body fat and gave the impression of being all sinew and bone, which was why the daughter of the late Edward Quinn had dubbed him âThe Skeleton Man.â He hadnât minded, though heâd thought the child impertinent. Heâd always liked the idea of scaring her. The skin of his face, sallow and close to the bone, stretched improbably so that the grin looked like the deathâs head motif SS officers had once worn on their peaked caps. He didnât mind that either.
But little Jennifer Quinn had become more than impertinent of late and things had come to a head.
âTell me again,â he purred into the phone, his eyes resting on the man sitting silently and patiently across the desk from him.
âThereâs nothing more to say,â said Letrange, made defiant by failure. âShe got away.â
âThat, Daniel,â said Saltzburg in his most unctuous voice, âis the part I donât seem to be comprehending. That she escaped from you is regrettable, to say the least, given what she apparently suspects, but the fact that you seem to have no notion of where she might have gone is unacceptable.â
He said it quietly, without rancor. He didnât need to do more.
âYes, sir,â said Letrange. âIf she made it to the airport, Iâll be able to find where she went.â
âA consummation devoutly to be wished,â said Saltzburg. âI suggest you do so. Immediately. Call me back.â
He hung up without another word and smiled at his companion, before continuing their interrupted conversation in measured German.
âWird es ein probleme sein?â asked Herr Manning, one of Maynardâs other board members.
âNo, it wonât be a problem,â said Saltzburg. âYouâve seen Miss Quinnâs tenacity, first hand, but youâve also seen her blundering cluelessness. This is not her world. We are not. She will scurry about, turning over the wrong stones, until we stub her out like a spent cigar. Though I doubt she will unearth anything particularly sensitive, it remains unclear how much she knows. Or remembers.â
âThat was very long ago, surely,â said Manning. âYou canât think she recalls that?â
âI had a hobby-horse when I was four,â said Saltzburg. âIt was white with blue glass eyes and an improbably orange mane. I rode it everywhere, though I had no recollection of it until some workmen stumbled upon it while clearing out a lumber room a few years ago. As soon as I saw it, I was transported back to a very particular day when I saw my father beating my mother for something involving the gardener. My mother was, I knew even then, not someone to be trusted. But the incident came back to me with extraordinary clarity. Which cane he used. The sprinkle of blood on the hearth where she fell. It was really quite remarkable.â
He said this with the same eerie and unflinching smile, so that even Manning, who was used to him, looked momentarily unnerved.
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