Authors: Joan Druett
Run Afoul (39 page)
“Not only is Wiki Coffin a scientist, but he could be exactly the man you need,” Rochester loftily informed him. “He's the representative of U.S. law and order with the expedition, authorized by the sheriff's department of Portsmouth, Virginia.”
“What the
hell
are you talking about?”
George said to Wiki in tones of sorely tried patience, “Could I trouble you to fetch your warrant, old chap? It seems we have to prove our point.”
Wiki paused, interested enough by the contradictions of this strangely blatant theft to repeat his question to Stackpole. “Did you really give him the thousand dollars in cash?” he asked.
The whaling master frowned, but admitted, “I gave him a draft on my Connecticut bank, payable to bearer.”
Wiki's lips pursed up in a silent whistle as he contemplated the interesting implications of this. “And the schooner has disappeared, too?”
“Of course,” said Stackpole sourly.
Joan Druett
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an award-winning nautical nonfiction writer, is the author of
In the Wake of Madness: The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship Sharon.
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Also by
Joan Druett
IN THE WIKI COFFIN SERIES
OTHER FICTION
Abigail
A Promise of Gold
Murder at the Brian Boru
NONFICTION
In the Wake of Madness
Rough Medicine
She Captains
Hen Frigates
The Sailing Circle
(with Mary Anne Wallace)
Captain's Daughter, Coasterman's Wife
“She Was a Sister Sailor”
(editor)
Petticoat Whalers
Fulbright in New Zealand
Exotic Intruders
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the auhor's imagination or are used fictitiously.
RUN AFOUL
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First St. Martin's Minotaur Paperback Edition: November 2007
eISBN 9781250111975
First eBook edition: December 2015