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Ga list "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" "Wi as a baby He too was a Pete Seeger fan Or had been until he’d spent the first year of her life listening to "the lion sleeps tonight" All day and all night

He scanned the rest of the songs All classic folk tunes, including "Turn! Turn! Turn!" Ga, based on Ecclesiastes

"To everything there is a season," he said

"Pardon?" said Lacoste "What did you say?"

"Al Lepage has cassette tapes in his pickup truck"

He handed her the cassette and wondered if, in driving Laurent home, he’d delivered the boy into the hands of his elier? This is Chief Inspector Lacoste, with the Sûreté du Québec"

"Good evening, Chief Inspector"

There was slight censure in his voice Clearly a late call to the ar She could al that the United States had better be invading, or this call was not warranted

It was past eight in the evening and she was alone in the Incident Rooht over froh dinner

She’d sent Jean-Guy off to organize their roo the paperwork done How often had she left Chief Inspector Ga incident rooht burning late into the night

And noas night And it was her light

Sitting back in her chair, she’d stared at the photos on her computer Then she’d looked up a number and made the call to Canadian Forces Base Valcartier

It was only by soh to the base commander at his hoating a homicide and need your help"

There was a pause before the clipped voice returned

"Is there a link to the base here in Valcartier? Is one of my soldiers involved?"

"No, sir, not that we know of It happened in the Eastern Townships, not far froway from there"

"Yes, sir Your base is just outside Quebec City, but we’ve found soht be interested in"