Are you afraid of the dark? by Sidney Sheldon

Author:Sidney Sheldon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Fiction - Psychological Suspense, Sheldon, Sidney - Prose & Criticsm, FICTION, Psychological, Suspense, Thrillers, General
ISBN: 9780446613651
Publisher: New York : Warner Books, 2005, c2004.
Published: 2010-05-19T04:00:00+00:00

Tanner did a quick search on the Internet and printed out the results. He read the names aloud. "The El Carmelo Residence on West Fourteenth Street. . . Centro Maria Residence on West Fifty-fourth Street. . . The Parkside Evangeline on

Gramercy South, and the Wilton Hotel for Women." He looked up and smiled. "That's where Cartesian logic tells us they might be, Andrew. Now let's see what technology tells us."

Tanner walked over to the painting of a landscape on the wall, reached behind it, and pressed a concealed button. A section of the wall slid open, revealing a television screen with a computerized map of Manhattan.

"Do you remember what this is, Andrew? You used to operate this equipment. In fact, you were so good at it, I was jealous of you. It's a Global Positioning System. With this, we can locate anyone in the world. Remember?"

Andrew nodded, fighting to stay awake.

"When the ladies left my office, I gave each of them my business card. The cards have microdot computer chips about the size of a grain of sand imbedded in them. That signal is picked up by satellite, and when the Global Positioning System is activated, it pinpoints their exact location." He turned to his brother. "Do you understand?"

Andrew swallowed. "I�I�yes, Tanner."

Tanner turned back to the screen. He pressed a second button. Tiny lights began to flash on the map and started downward. It slowed at a small area, then flowed ahead again. A moving pinpoint of red light swept along a street, going so slowly that the names of businesses were clearly visible.

Tanner pointed. "That's West Fourteenth Street." The red light kept moving. "There's the Tequila Restaurant... a pharmacy. . . Saint Vincent's Hospital. . . Banana Republic . . . Our Lady of Guadalupe Church." The light stopped. A note of victory came into Tanner's voice. "And there's the Wilton Hotel for Women. That confirms my logic. I was right, you see." Andrew licked his lips. "Yes. You were right. . ."

Tanner looked at Andrew. "You may go now." He picked up his cell phone and dialed. "Mr. Flint, they're at the Wilton Hotel on West Thirty-fourth Street." He turned off the phone. He looked up and saw Andrew standing in the doorway. "What is it?" Tanner asked impatiently.

"Will I be going to�you know�Sweden, to pick up my Nobel Prize they just gave me?"

"No, Andrew. That was seven years ago." "Oh." Andrew turned and shuffled back to his office. Tanner thought about his own urgent trip to Sweden, three years earlier. . . .

* * *

HE HAD BEEN involved in a complicated logistics mishap when his secretary's voice came over the intercom. "Zurich is on the line for you, Mr. Kingsley."

"I'm too busy for�never mind. I'll talk to them." He picked up the phone. "Yes?" As Tanner listened, his face became grim. He said impatiently, "I see. . . . Are you sure? She� No, never mind. I'll handle this myself."

He pressed down the intercom button. "Miss Ordonez, tell the pilot to have the Challenger ready.

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