Rescued: An Andy Carpenter Mystery by David Rosenfelt

Author:David Rosenfelt [Rosenfelt, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Humour
ISBN: 1250133076
Google: gNrcugEACAAJ
Amazon: B078RX215H
Barnesnoble: B078RX215H
Goodreads: 41150481
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2018-07-17T05:00:00+00:00

Kenny Zimmer’s actions are troubling to me. I’m not talking about the fact that he lured my client onto the truck and attempted to kill him, though that is somewhat less than ideal behavior. The real question is, what the hell was he doing on the truck in the first place?

I buy that he answered George Davenport’s Craigslist ad for the job; it was probably easy money, and my guess is that Zimmer rarely had two quarters to rub together. But then he got the $75,000 infusion and, according to his bar buddies, talked about that just being the beginning. For a guy like Zimmer, that would sound like an ideal time to quit his day job.

I doubt Zimmer was doing it for the dogs, so why continue? If he wanted to kill Dave Kramer, he could have come up with other venues to make the attempt. Maybe this was to be his last trip, but if that were the case, he gave no such indication to his boss, Davenport.

The dogs themselves continue to present another question: Where was he taking them? Sondra called every rescue group and shelter she could find in the northeast, and none of them knew anything about it. And since the rescue groups were the only source of money that Zimmer would be getting for delivering them, why was he bothering?

He had to be taking them somewhere; Zimmer doesn’t sound like the type to be opening his own canine sanctuary. Maybe we just haven’t successfully identified where they were to go, but the story has been in the media. If rescue groups were waiting for the dogs, why haven’t they contacted us?

Sam calls, and his first sentence is a rather unappealing one. “I don’t have great news.”

“Let’s hear it.”

“Benjamin made only one call for the rest of the day after your lunch; it was to the Cayman Islands.”

“Do you know who he called?”

“I have no idea and no way of finding out. He called a pay phone.”

“Pay phone? They still have pay phones?”

“I guess so. I can tell you where the phone is, I can tell you that the call lasted for four minutes, but I can’t tell you who answered the phone on the other end.”

“Damn. Nothing else we can do?”

“No, but there are a couple of other things we know, for what it’s worth. It’s the seventh time Benjamin has called that number this month, and every call except one has been at 5:00 P.M. Eastern.”

“Sam, email me the address of the pay phone, please.”

“Will do.”

I’ve already decided what I need to do. It’s a sign of desperation, but that is appropriate in this situation because we’re desperate. I’m going to send a member of our team to the Cayman Islands.

I realistically have four choices: Laurie, Marcus, Sam, or Hike. I can eliminate Laurie first. I need her here, and more importantly, I don’t sleep with Marcus, Sam, or Hike.

I don’t want to send Marcus for two reasons. First, it’s not a job that requires a particular skill or expertise.

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