If tomorrow comes by Sidney Sheldon

Author:Sidney Sheldon [Sheldon, Sidney]
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: General, Suspense, FICTION, Mystery, Mystery & Detective, Fiction - General, Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths, Women Sleuths
ISBN: 9780446357425
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Warner Books, 1986, c1985.
Published: 2010-05-19T04:00:00+00:00

"You sent two men to take them away from me."

There was a puzzled expression on Morgan's face. "I don't understand."

"At first I thought there might be a leak in your organization, but there wasn't, was there? It was you. You told me that you personally arranged for my train ticket, so you were the only one who knew the number of my compartment. I used a different name and a disguise, but your men knew exactly where to find me."

There was a look of surprise on his cherubic face. "Are you trying to tell me that some men robbed you of the jewels?"

Tracy smiled. "I'm trying to tell you that they didn't."

This time the surprise on Morgan's face was genuine. "You have the jewels?"

"Yes. Your friends were in such a big hurry to catch a plane that they left them behind."

Morgan studied Tracy a moment. "Excuse me."

He went through a private door, and Tracy sat down on the couch, perfectly relaxed.

Conrad Morgan was gone for almost fifteen minutes, and when he returned, there was a look of dismay on his face. "I'm afraid a mistake has been made. A big mistake. You're a very clever young lady, Miss Whitney. You've earned your twenty-five thousand dollars." He smiled admiringly. "Give me the jewels and---"

"Fifty thousand."

"I beg your pardon?"

"I had to steal them twice. That's fifty thousand dollars, Mr. Morgan. "

"No," he said flatly. His eyes had lost their twinkle. "I'm afraid I can't give you that much for them."

Tracy rose. "That's perfectly all right. I'll try to find someone in Las Vegas who thinks they're worth that." She moved toward the door.

"Fifty thousand dollars?" Conrad Morgan asked.

Tracy nodded.

"Where are the jewels?"

"In a locker at Penn Station. As soon as you give me the money--- in cash--- and put me in a taxi, I'll hand you the key."

Conrad Morgan gave a sigh of defeat. "You've got a deal."

"Thank you," Tracy said cheerfully. "It's been a pleasure doing business with you."

BOOK THREE

Chapter 19

Daniel Cooper was already aware of what the meeting in J. J. Reynolds's office that morning was about, for all the company's investigators had been sent a memo the day before regarding the Lois Bellamy burglary that had taken place a week earlier. Daniel Cooper loathed conferences. He was too impatient to sit around listening to stupid chatter.

He arrived in J. J. Reynolds's office forty-five minutes late, while Reynolds was in the middle of a speech.

"Nice of you to drop by," J. J. Reynolds said sarcastically. There was no response. It's a waste of time, Reynolds decided. Cooper did not understand sarcasm--- or anything else, as far as Reynolds was concerned. Except how to catch criminals. There, he had to admit, the man was a goddamned genius.

Seated in the office were three of the agency's top investigators: David Swift, Robert Schiffer, and Jerry Davis.

"You've all read the report on the Bellamy burglary," Reynolds said, "but something new has been added. It turns out that Lois Bellamy is a cousin of the police commissioner's.

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