“I redialed and asked, “Your lines bugged?” “They could be. We had Treasury Department agents in here this morning. Apparently the Surete in Marseilles are monitoring overseas calls. Jason placed two to us from the Pavilion of Crosses restaurant just before one of the couriers from Istanbul was shot to death. He had twenty kilos of heroine in a suitcase prepared for shipment to the United States.” “Who hit him?” “Nobody knows. They seem to think it was an attempted hijacking. The murderer escape...d completely.” “Damn,” I said. “Who got the stuff?” The voice on the other end chuckled. “That is the joke. Nobody. The courier had anticipated a possible double cross and had substituted packages. The genuine stuff is still hidden somewhere. Had all gone well he would have accepted the money and told the transfer agent later where to recover the proper goods. Unfortunately, he didn’t anticipate being killed.” “Any leads at all?” “So far, none. The courier was a professional.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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