Bøger af Bernie Ziegner

Sarah Hunter is a detective supervisor in a Montana Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) office in Missoula. She is 32 years old, divorced with no children. Her senior detective is Allen Dickson, 29 years old, married and father of two young girls. They have been investigating a series of disappearances of young women that began over a year ago. They seemed to have occurred in Seattle, Spokane, Missoula, Butte, Bozeman, Billings and Rapid City. All of these disappearances seemed related, as there has been no evidence of foul play. Also, it is believed, since there has been no trace of any of the kidnapped women, the same person or group is likely responsible for all the abductions. No evidence that the women are dead has been discovered, and yet their being alive seems to be too much to hope for. The kidnapping occurred in cities far apart and at different times of year. One occurred during the dead of winter. Although no evidence existed, the investigators from the various locales agreed that it was highly probable the same person did the kidnappings. Suspicion soon went to truck drivers on Interstate I-90. Sex trafficking and murder was often reported along the heavily trafficked I-80. However, I-90 had much less truck traffic and thus made investigators wonder why the kidnapper chose this route.

An air shipment of illicit drugs from Seattle with a street value of almost 10mil is lost in an early spring snowstorm over the Bitterroot Mountains of Idaho and Montana. The aircraft's emergency beacon was presumed to be damaged, and thus the plane not readily locatable. A flight plan had not been posted with the FAA, but the crew had inquired of weather in route to Missoula. Though the planned route was not known, certain routes could be presumed in traveling from Seattle to Missoula. In the likely scenario where the maximum loaded single engine freight hauler, Cessna 210, encountered severe wing icing, it could have been brought down rather rapidly in the storm. Whether the plane crashed into a peak or whether the pilot had chosen to fly over a lower elevation pass is a matter of speculation.The cargo was unknown except to a few who have every intention of mounting a recovery without scrutiny by the public or law enforcement. This criminal group is unable to locate the downed plane and is frantically trying every angle to get a hint to where it might be. Up until now, two days later, news of the missing plane has gone without much notice with the residents in and around the town of Camden. A motel manager was told of two gunshots heard by a motel guest and reported a murder to the sheriff that evening. The deceased was Samuel Henderson. The sheriff found out quickly that this man was a DEA investigator from Salt Lake City. Also, she was told that he had spent several years for DEA in Columbia, SA. Why he was in Camden at this particular time was the question on the sheriff's mind. No one yet knew of the downed plane and that it contained illicit narcotics.

Dino had to get the briefcase away from the man before he reached the bank - he had to. A muffled shot, made in desperation, didn't seem to attract attention in the noisy mall. However, Jennifer witnessed the botched robbery from across the mall as the man collapsed. Dino picked up the briefcase as panic overwhelmed him - he had been observed. He rushed to intercept the witness as she ran toward the main mall exit. Tim and his reporter friend, Greg, helped Jennifer elude those who wanted her silenced, if not to disappear altogether. The contents of the briefcase would disclose the depth and breadth of the mob investment and money-laundering scheme, and would set the stage for violence and murder.