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    Ferry Ride
    Ferry Ride
    Ferry Ride
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    Ferry Ride

    By D. E. Harrison

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    A typical spring day in Seattle, it is raining sideways. The ferries are having thefts of all kinds. Detective Rage and officer Jones are fresh faces and should be able to arrest a few and chase the others north.
    They go on board as young lovers and fade into the ugly gray paint job. They have several suspicious people in the car parking area but nothing else. Rage handles a pickpocket and a sudden wave causes his head to hit the steel wall. They turn him over to the first mate.
    The ferry ride to Bremerton is a rough sea, late, and most people stay seated. Jones is enjoying the spray at the bow.
    Rage’s boss calls them, “There is a bomb on board. It will level two blocks if they dock. At the point of no return, the ferry will sail in a circle for twenty-five minutes until $25 million is transferred If not, they will sink the ferry.
    Jones searches the ferry and finds two covered vans and a short-rigged semi.
    The Captain refuses to see Rage even with her police and FBI badges. She shoots open the two steel doors leading to the bridge.
    Rage has four fingers up, meaning four minutes before it explodes as she returns with the Captain. He orders his crew to remove all safety devices from the ferry to release all the vehicles.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherD. E. Harrison
    Release dateOct 23, 2018
    ISBN9780463497623
    Ferry Ride
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    D. E. Harrison

    I am trained as a theoretical mathematician. I am an emeritus member of the American Mathematical Society for fifty odd years. I have lived in Seattle since 1967. I starting writing fiction after writing a family history.

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      Ferry Ride - D. E. Harrison

      Ferry Ride

      By D. E. Harrison

      Copyright 2016 by D. E. Harrison

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1 The Drive to Work

      Chapter 2 On Board the Ferry

      Chapter 3 The Return Trip

      Chapter 4 The Phone Call

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      Chapter 1 The Drive to Work

      It is a Typical April Fool’s day in Seattle. The weatherman said the night before that they were to have sunshine for the day. The morning comes but you need the car lights on to see anything. It is jet black and the rain is just minutes away. About all the breakfast weather girl can say is ‘April Fool.’ She is left with egg all over her face from the weatherman who will not be on the set until 5 pm and maybe he will report some sunshine as he drives to work

      Rage’s run to the car is enough to drown a rat. The morning drive into work is like driving through a December rainfall of four inches in a six-hour time span. Detective Rage’s windbreaker is a heavy raincoat with boots to match its green color. She needed the outfit for the short hop to her truck. She has a spot in the police garage on the very bottom floor. But it is not raining down there. She takes her coat off and shakes it, just like everyone else that has come into day. She is dripping water all the way to the elevator to go up to her office.

      She is in before 8 am although she started out earlier enough to be in by 7:30 am. She hangs her coat, goes to her desk to sit down, and take her boots off. Before she can sit, she is motioned into the Inspector’s office.

      The Inspector’s name is Strong. Earl Strong, class of 1940, University of Texas. He was a Major in the Military Police. Early 60’s, What hair he has, is buzzed into a Crew cut. Always with a green 1940’s felt hat, brim bent down in front. A cigar his Dr. says he can chew but not smoke

      Usually his homicide detectives compile the data from the crime scene and then poke it around

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