A Merry Christmas Anniversary Mystery Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery #9 (Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery Series) by Anna Celeste Burke

Author:Anna Celeste Burke [Burke, Anna Celeste]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-18T16:00:00+00:00

9 Hardy-tested, Hardy-approved

“There I go again,” Jessica moaned as soon as she’d spoken. “I’m not used to all of this hush-hush, need-to-know stuff. As soon as one of my friends or I learn something, we share it with everyone else. How do you people get anything done during an investigation?”

“I won’t tell anyone,” Linda said as I put ice in a bucket, pulled beverages from the minifridge, and stuck them in the ice. “Not even Larry. Especially not Larry. He’s a great chef and a nice guy, but he’s like a two-legged foghorn.”

“What Jessica’s saying is that the rescuers have heard signs of life from inside the safety hub near the control room,” Peter said. “We don’t know who that is, so none of us is going to say anything more until they complete their work. Besides, whoever’s in there isn’t out of the woods yet. Depending on how many people have taken shelter, and how long it takes to reach them, we can’t be certain their oxygen supply will hold out.”

“Oh, please,” Linda said. “There must be a way to get air to them. Drill a hole or something!”

“That’s what they’ve been trying to do, Linda,” I said. “That must be how they determined someone in there is still alive.”

“Yes, but it’s taken hours to pierce the outer hull enough to rest a tiny sensing device on the secondary shell,” Peter added.

“Then go in another way,” Linda insisted.

“They’re working on that too,” Jessica responded. “Frank says the control room is damaged but not obliterated, so there’s a team trying to get in from that side. To do that, they’ve suited up in hazard gear. They don’t want to burn their way through the door into the safety hub until they’re sure there’s nothing leaking that could spark a fire or another blast.”

“I get it,” Linda said, nodding and wearing a sad frown.

“The engineering team has figured out that the emergency protocol was executed. That another reason to hope everyone in the control room was able to get into the safety pod before the blast occurred,” Peter added.

“Do they know there’s an attempt being made to rescue them?” I asked as we took seats around the large table.

“Yes,” Peter said. “They were able to register a sound on the interior hull, and that got a rhythmic response.”

“What do you mean—like Morse code?”

“Not like it, but actual Morse code,” Peter replied.

“Then they can get more information about who’s in there and if anyone has been injured or shot,” I said, becoming more excited as I spoke.

“That’s what they’re doing, but it’s slow-going using. Unfortunately, the team doing the drilling has to stop to communicate with the survivors. That means they face tough decisions about how much time to spend gathering information. They have EMTs and ambulances on standby in case anyone’s been injured.”

“Where’s Hardy?” Linda suddenly asked. “Ask him to help get that door open. He’s a genius whiz kid who finished college when he was sixteen before he went to M.

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