“Give him a call about an hour and fifteen minutes before you land. That will give him plenty of time to get there. I also have some basic info from the Kane County Sheriff’s Department. They handled the initial nine-one-one call and then called the federal park service to arrange the divers who recovered Kramer’s body. It was held at the marina until transported to Kanab. From there, it went to Salt Lake’s ME. The autopsy should be complete any time now.”

“What has local law enforcement been doing to investigate around the lake?” Nathan asked.

“About what you’d expect. They’re looking for eyewitnesses and trying to figure out what boat the killers used. Apparently no boats were reported stolen or missing over the last week or so. Boat rentals are all checking out as legit so far. There was one odd report, though. A local claimed someone stole his houseboat on the night in question, then returned it. Since no evidence of theft could be found, the sheriff’s department didn’t pursue it. Apparently, the boat owner is known in the area as being somewhat of a troublemaker. The deputy sheriff told our local agent that this kind of thing happens all the time. It’s the equivalent of houseboat joyriding. Most of the time it’s drunk high school or college kids.”

“The timing sounds about right.”

“I have the owner’s contact info if you want to talk to him. I’m looking at the report. The deputy referred to him as a quote, ‘cantankerous old cuss.’”

“My kind of guy.”

“Apparently he lives on his boat. Moves it around a lot.”

“We definitely want to talk to him. Will our local FBI agent play along with my special way of communicating if this cantankerous old cuss isn’t nice to us?”

“Nothing rough, okay?”

“I promise, nothing rough. Do you think Director Lansing will catch wind of what we’re doing?”

“Probably. He’ll at least be briefed on the Kramer case.”

“Why’s that?”

“We have Legats all over the world.”

“Legats?”

“Legal attaché offices. The FBI has them in every major embassy, including Budapest. I can’t imagine he wouldn’t have official word on Kramer’s murder by now.”

He looked at Harv. “If Lansing finds out we’re involved, I doubt he’ll be real happy about it.”

“He definitely won’t.”

“Will you be okay? We can handle things from here on.”

“I’ll be okay. You’ve got Grangeland on your ops team when you need her.”

Special Agent Mary Grangeland was a pro’s pro, and she’d helped them in the Bridgestone case. She’d also nearly paid the ultimate price.

“Are you sure about this?”

“Yes, absolutely.”

“All right, then. Thanks. And thank Grangeland for us too.”

“Will do. When will you be arriving in Bullfrog?”

“Around nineteen-hundred.”