Devil's Due: A Thomas Caine Thriller (The Thomas Caine Series Book 0) by A Thomas Caine Novella

Author:A Thomas Caine Novella
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-07-30T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Caine caught a taxi back to the walking street area of Pattaya. He walked through the crowds of pleasure-seeking tourists amid the flickering neon lights until the streets turned darker and the crowds thinned out. The gleaming clubs and go-go bars were replaced with rickety tenements and rotting apartment buildings.

This was Satra’s neighborhood. Glancing around the street to make sure he was alone, Caine pulled out his cell phone and dialed the detective’s number.

The phone rang twice, and Satra picked up. “Hey, where you been?”

“I got some information on the Russians. I believe they’re up north, somewhere along the Myanmar border.”

“Who tell you that?”

“I met with someone high up in the chao pho. It’s a long story, but according to my contact, the chao pho aren’t the ones behind the website. It’s the Red Wa, and they’re working with the Russian mafia.”

“You believe them?”

Caine paused. “Not sure. But they could have killed me. Instead, they let me go. Either way, it’s the best lead we have right now.”

Satra sighed. “Well, it match what I find. Finally got line on Russians. Witness saw them charter private plane. They fly to Chang Mai, up north. They rent vehicle there, four by four, truck. Good for dirt roads. Maybe they going into jungle?”

“That must be it,” Caine said. “My contact said Alexi is working with a man known as Pisac. His camp is up north. They’re sending me coordinates soon.”

Satra whistled. “I have heard of this man. I thought he was just myth, fairy tale. If we can get evidence, link Pisac to this case, Chief Battang will have to investigate. He have no--”

Caine heard Satra gasp, and then there was a loud crash.

“Satra? Satra, are you there?”

The line went dead.

Caine jogged down the street faster and hit redial on the phone.

The phone rang. No one picked up.

Caine jammed the phone in his pocket and broke into a sprint. He felt the blood roaring in his ears as he drove his legs faster across the pavement. It might have been a bad connection, or it might have been a dead battery….

In his heart, Caine knew it was neither of those things. The people they were investigating had set off a bomb in a public market and killed dozens of people, simply to discourage the police from investigating them. They were ruthless and willing to act. Satra had been turning over rocks, questioning anyone he could find about them. If word had gotten back, if just one of his contacts had squealed…

Satra was in terrible danger.

Caine was panting as he raced around the corner onto Satra’s block. His apartment building was just ahead, on the left side of the street. Caine ducked behind a battered red pickup truck that was parked on the side of the road. As he caught his breath, he peered around the rear corner of the truck. The street was dark and quiet. A couple of streetlights pierced the sweltering darkness with their hazy glow, but there was still more shadow than light.

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