Murder in the Cia (2014)
“Eric Edwards said, as the slender girl in tight shorts and a T-shirt tossed him the last line from the dock.
She smiled and waved.
Once Edwards had backed the yacht away from the dock and was proceeding toward the same water they’d traveled two nights ago, he turned over the wheel to Cahill. This time she took it with confidence, eager to guide the sleek vessel with enough proficiency to make him proud.
“I don’t know how much you know about sailing,” Edwards said, “but you’re going to have to h...elp me.”
“I don’t know much,” Cahill said, raising both hands in defense, “but I’ll do what you tell me to do.”
“Fair enough,” Edwards said. “Let’s kill that noisy engine and get some sail up.”
The difference between sailing up Sir Francis Drake Channel in the daytime and at night, Cahill realized, was literally as different as day and night. The sun on the water turned it into a glistening turquoise and silver fantasy. She sat at the helm and watched Edwards, who wore only white duck pants, scurry back and forth over the coach roof and foredeck adjusting halyards and running rigging.MoreLess
She smiled and waved.
Once Edwards had backed the yacht away from the dock and was proceeding toward the same water they’d traveled two nights ago, he turned over the wheel to Cahill. This time she took it with confidence, eager to guide the sleek vessel with enough proficiency to make him proud.
“I don’t know how much you know about sailing,” Edwards said, “but you’re going to have to h...elp me.”
“I don’t know much,” Cahill said, raising both hands in defense, “but I’ll do what you tell me to do.”
“Fair enough,” Edwards said. “Let’s kill that noisy engine and get some sail up.”
The difference between sailing up Sir Francis Drake Channel in the daytime and at night, Cahill realized, was literally as different as day and night. The sun on the water turned it into a glistening turquoise and silver fantasy. She sat at the helm and watched Edwards, who wore only white duck pants, scurry back and forth over the coach roof and foredeck adjusting halyards and running rigging.MoreLess
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