Dingo Dilemma by Claire McNab

Author:Claire McNab
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Women Private Investigators
Published: 2011-01-06T19:12:39+00:00

"So you don't see this as a long-term relationship?"

Pauline hooted. "Oh, please! With Lonnie?”

****

I left Pauline and Ursula still eating and set off for the Darken soundstage. Outside the commissary Unity and Upton were snoozing in a patch of shade. The bloke's brooding expression had appreciably deepened. "Is Pauline coming soon?" he asked.

"Couldn't say, I'm afraid."

He nodded gloomily. "I knew this was too good to be true."

He seemed to want to share his pain, so I said, "What was?"

'"Come with me to Bellina Studios,' Pauline said. She promised to introduce me to people who'd put my acting career on the fast track. And here I am, minding her dogs."

I was fast deciding Lonnie would be much better off without Pauline Feeney in his life—not that I expected him to agree with me. On the way to the soundstage I rehearsed how I'd break the news that Pauline didn't care for him in the way he wished.

When a call came through on my cell phone, I hoped it might be Ariana. It was Quip.

"Are you home tonight?" he asked urgently.

"Yes, why?"

"It's Yancy. He's got some sensational stuff to give me. Would you let him through the gate to the alley?"

"The back gate? Why?"

"He can't be seen. Yancy says he fears for his life."

Sixteen

I was getting used to the bustle of the soundstage. I stood to one side watching as they set up the next scene to be shot, where Timmy and Olive meet for the first time. Darleen's role was simple, as she was only required to sit beside Timmy and, as we spoke our lines, look intelligently from him to me—accomplished by her trainer signaling off camera—then get up and greet me as a member of the family at the end of the scene.

Earl Garfield was nearby, considerably calmer than this morning. Perhaps he'd popped a handful of tranquillizers for lunch. He was talking to Dingo, who was frowning heavily as he listened. Darleen was on a lead, and had fallen asleep at Dingo's feet.

Seeing Dingo made me think of the two blokes who'd been at his building and had then come to Kendall & Creeling claiming to be from Homeland Security. When Bob had shown Quip the photos Lonnie had taken, Quip had said he was sure they weren't the ones who'd attacked him. Lonnie hadn't yet been successful establishing whether Unwin and Morgan were Homeland Security or not, because he'd been rebuffed with the stern admonition that it was classified information, and to release it would only give aid to America's enemies.

This official obstruction had only resulted in making Lonnie more determined and he was now hot on the trail of the limousine that I'd seen in our parking area.

A sneering voice broke into my thoughts. "Making a move from private investigation to acting, are you?"

I didn't need to look around to know it was Norris Blainey. "G'day," I said. "Fancy meeting you here."

He was dressed as I'd first seen him, in a beautifully tailored dark suit, white

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