One Last Lie by Paul Doiron

Author:Paul Doiron [Doiron, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 9781250235077
Google: 959FyAEACAAJ
Amazon: B0818PZ925
Goodreads: 51173608
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2020-06-30T05:00:00+00:00

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Someone had been in my room. I had left my cell on the bureau when I’d gone to dinner, and as always, I had left it screen side up. Now it was facedown. Who else could it have been but Kellam? The phone was pass code protected, but the thought of the man rifling through my things angered me. I was glad I had kept my Beretta under my shirt through dinner. I was beginning to worry I might yet need it.

Still nothing from Dani.

What to do?

She had sounded resolute in not wanting me to leave on her account. I began to wonder again if I should ignore her wishes.

There was a knock at my door. I opened it to find Edouard in the hall with an expression that gave away nothing of his inner state. He carried two cardboard bankers boxes that were heavy enough to reveal the corded muscles in his arms.

“Stan told me to bring you these,” he said.

“Thank you. Here, I’ll take them.”

He ignored my offer and set his burden down on the floorboards beside the bed. He seemed angry with me; his body seemed to be giving off an electric charge. I felt as if I should say something more, but he avoided eye contact. When he left, he closed the door with such force a painting of palm trees tilted on the wall.

The absence of dust on the boxes told me they hadn’t been sitting in some back room for the past fifteen years. Stan Kellam had dragged them out from time to time. He had lied to me about wanting the Pellerin case to fade from memory.

The very first document had a green cover sheet bearing the watermark of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, the Special Investigations Unit case number, the surname of the target (MICHAUD), as well at the undercover officer (PELLERIN), both in big capital letters, and the initial dates of contact between the two.

The next page began with the usual predisposition probe information. The nature of the investigation: “Illegal Night Hunting / Possession of Deer, Moose, and Bear. Illegal Sale of Game.” It gave the specific address of the subjects targeted.

PIERRE P. MICHAUD

D.O.B.__________

223 Allagash Road

St. Ignace, ME 04778

ROLAND J. MICHAUD

D.O.B.__________

225 Allagash Road

St. Ignace, ME 04778

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