Double Agent by Gretchen Archer

Author:Gretchen Archer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: book club picks;Henery Press;cozy mystery series;women sleuths;amateur sleuths;beach reads
Publisher: Henery Press
Published: 2018-12-11T21:00:47+00:00

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“I’ll call it in.” Sandy Marini reached a hand to her shoulder. “We’ll get a crew over here to break down the doors.”

“If anyone’s available,” Emergency said.

“Tell them to bring grenades,” Bradley said.

“That secure?” Emergency knuckled one of the doors. “If we can’t get out, how’s the coroner supposed to get in?”

Sandy spoke to the small black box on her shoulder. “Cancel the eleven-forty-four to the Bellissimo.”

The box on her shoulder asked, “Copy, Captain Marini. False alarm?”

“Not exactly.”

“No one’s answering at the coroner’s office anyway,” her shoulder said, “so there isn’t a morgue pickup to cancel. And we need you back at the station as soon as possible. The weather’s on the way.”

Sandy told her shoulder it might be a minute.

Her shoulder asked about the status of Chip Chapman’s autograph.

“How does this lockdown work, Brad?” Emergency’s face was flushed.

“We have three people and three devices authorized to assign an eight-digit code to lock all casino entrances and exits.”

“Who are the three people?” Emergency asked.

“Richard Sanders, me, and Davis.”

“Where’s Mr. Sanders?” Sandy asked.

“Norway. Ice fishing,” I said.

“Well, isn’t he the lucky one?” Sandy cast an imaginary air rod. Then reeled in an imaginary fish.

“And the devices?” Emergency shifted his weight from foot to foot every two seconds.

“My dead phone,” Bradley patted his pocket, “Davis’s laptop, and the computer in my office.”

“Where’s your laptop?” Sandy asked me.

“Not here.”

“Where’s your computer?” she asked Bradley.

“Two floors up.” He pointed.

Emergency made a slow turning tour. “What’s the definition of casino lockdown?”

“All power to entrances and exits, both casino and adjacent venues, gaming equipment, and fixed electronics are disabled,” Bradley said.

“Wait a minute.” Sandy raised an eyebrow. “You’re saying you have no surveillance during lockdown?”

“None,” I said. “Surveillance cameras are fixed electronics. In theory, if we’ve locked down the casino, there’s nothing to surveille.”

“Welcome to our world,” she said. “Roll up your sleeves for some good old-fashioned detective work.”

Emergency asked how long we’d be trapped.

I told him it depends.

“On what?”

On what happened next. At that point, it was anyone’s guess.

And if something didn’t happen soon, I’d be riding out Hurricane Kevin in the casino with my husband, a Biloxi Police Department Captain, a Jackson Police Department Emergency Response Agent, and three dead bodies.

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