Suspects by Danielle Steel

Author:Danielle Steel [Steel, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2022-06-28T00:00:00+00:00

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Mike called a little while later to say he had landed safely in New York and was on his way home to his apartment, which would be morbidly depressing without her.

“I had the creepiest call today,” she said, filling him in on her day. “From a disgusting social climber. He was on my plane to New York and I gave him an invitation to the party at the store. He came, which was good for press coverage. He called to invite me to some big event at Versailles next month. I turned him down flat.”

“Who is he?” Mike had an odd tone in his voice, and she wondered if he was jealous.

“You won’t know him. He slinks around anyone with money in Paris. I think he takes commissions on introductions and deals he puts together. His name is Pierre de Vaumont. I felt like I needed a bath after I talked to him.” Mike didn’t acknowledge knowing who he was, but after they ended the call, he wanted to call Guy Thomas and tell him. De Vaumont was definitely after Theo for money or social connections. He called Guy but only got voicemail, and he didn’t want to leave the message on voicemail.

He was already worked up, and concerned about de Vaumont, when Robert Richmond called about half an hour after he got home.

“Hello, mate. Hope I’m not getting you at a bad time. I wanted to give you a heads-up about your friend de Vaumont. He seems to be stepping up his game and moving in more dangerous circles. You’re right. He bears watching.”

“He’s no longer in my jurisdiction. He’s back in Paris,” Mike said, annoyed to hear his name again. Mike still thought he was trouble, even if Guy Thomas didn’t.

“He was in London this week and met with a Chinese arms dealer we know about and keep an eye on. He introduced him to a Russian ‘friend’ of his, who’s actually a double agent we know all about. The Russian was poisoned and died yesterday.”

“He’s trying to crawl up on Theo Morgan too,” Mike told him. “He is definitely broadening his circle. How does the Russian double agent figure into this, and the Chinese arms dealer?”

“Just bigger commissions, I suspect. But he’s playing in the big leagues now, or trying to. Those are both dangerous men, as witnessed by the poisoning of the Russian. He’s been playing a double game for a while and it seems to have caught up with him. If de Vaumont falls in with that crowd and gets on their wrong side, they won’t screw around, they’ll kill him,” Robert said bluntly.

“I’ll pass the intel on to Guy Thomas in Paris,” he said to Robert.

“That sounds like a good idea. You never know who these connectors and dealmakers will fall in with.” Mike thanked him, hung up, and called Guy Thomas again, this time on his personal cell, but still didn’t get him. He was anxious to share the info on de Vaumont with him.

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