Vanished in the Dunes by Allan Retzky

Author:Allan Retzky [Retzky, Allan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Suspense, C429, Extratorrents, Kat
ISBN: 9781608090532
Publisher: Oceanview Publishing
Published: 2012-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

Peter Wisdom looks across the backyard lawn of his sister-in-law’s house, smiles, and raises a half-empty can of Bud in the direction of his wife, Karen. She smiles back. Karen stands out among the other women plucking bits of sliced vegetables or chips from the platters on the picnic table. She is short, but her smile is never ending.

He stands near his brother-in-law, Rollo, who tends to the steaks and burgers on two adjacent grills. It’s a family Sunday afternoon picnic. Rollo lets his staff set up the restaurant today, but he’ll go over later when it starts to get busy. Wisdom’s son, Kevin, kicks a soccer ball around with his two cousins and a neighbor. It is a sweet, early fall afternoon with far more sun than chill. He wonders if sweet is the right word, but decides it’ll do.

His family’s been in East Hampton long enough to be considered locals. It started with a summer vacation cottage his father bought in the area called the Springs when he got out of the army and began working as a New York City firefighter. That’s when they lived in Queens. Wisdom was the youngest of two boys and one girl. He remembers that they spent most summers at the cottage, and then year-round weekends after his father expanded and insulated the house. His sister still lived in Queens as did his brother who became a city cop as soon as he was old enough to take the test.

Peter Wisdom was going to be different. He went to Hofstra and studied English lit and marketing, but when it came to working at it after graduation, his interest in business cooled. That’s when his father suggested he take the Suffolk County Police exam and move into the East Hampton house where his parents were by then living full time when they weren’t spending the winters in Florida.

He took the exam, passed everything, and did particularly well on the physical part; the sit-ups, pull-ups, and mile-and-a-half run. He didn’t need to wait too long after that until East Hampton town asked County for a list of those with local addresses who passed the exam. He was near the top of the list and began within a few months. Nearly fifteen years later he was one of the more experienced detectives on Bennett’s squad. He married a local girl who teaches English at the East Hampton Middle School and they bought their own starter house in Sag Harbor. Not a bad way to live, he tells himself with thanks every morning. Not bad at all.

He puts down his beer and leans against the wall at the back of the patio. It’s a nice crowd, not too big, maybe twenty people or so. Friends and relatives. They try to get together a few times every year either before or just after the high season. People talk about family, their jobs, or the aggravation of summer visitors, but they rarely ask him about his work. He understands.

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