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Gavin tapped the tablet and smiled “Just head back out of town and I’ll show you”

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DIRK MADE NO MENTION of Riki’s appearance to Surabbed a quick breakfast at the hotel, then ht traffic as they left the outskirts of Tralee, which vanished altogether when they turned onto a side road leading west

“Do you really think they would have transported Meritaten from the Slieve Mish Mountains to an offshore island for burial?” Su by the

“It see Michael, there is certainly logic to the notion”

The road edged along the River Fertha on their right, which expanded into a wide inlet that ran west to the Atlantic Dirk drove past a scattering of old white far a short straightaway outside the town of Cahersiveen, he tapped the brakes when he spotted a car blocking the road ahead

It was the silver Audi It was parked crossways on a narroo-lane bridge that spanned a river inlet The car’s flashers were blinking, and a gruff-looking wo her left arm

As Dirk slowed, he passed a heavyset ly unconcerned about the woman

“Why is she blocking the road?” Summer asked

“I don’t know She doesn’t look like she’s in distress Maybe the road is out behind her”

Dirk pulled to a stop in front of the Audi He had started to roll down his hen the wo the weapon at Dirk and Suh their windshield

“Get down!” Dirk yelled, ducking low beneath the dashboard

Ja the trans the car screeching backward He peeked over the dash to get his bearings assounds punctuated the air The rearshattered next, followed by the instrument cluster

Glancing at his side-viewin thea weapon from behind

“Get us out of here,” Su to the floorboards