“Where have you got them?

“Over to the city jail.

“You going to arrest them?

She looked surprised. “Of course. Drunk and disorderly, breaking and entering, resisting arrest.

“Art Inga resisted arrest?

Prince grinned. “Well, I dont think he would have if Dave hadnt shoved him so hard he fell backwards out of the window when I woke them up. He did come up swinging, though.

Liam hung up his hat. “Is Elizabeth pressing charges?

“She was kind of lukewarm about it at first, but then Art tried to kiss her, and since hed thrown up at some point during the night on the floor beneath her window, she wasnt pleased. She saved the file and hit the print button. He motioned her up and out of his chair and took her place. The printer coughed into awareness and he reached over to turn it off before it began to print.

“Sir?

Liam sat back. “Theres the letter of the law, Prince, and theres the spirit. Art Inga and Dave Iverson have been in love with Elizabeth Katelnikoff since all three of them were in high school together.

“So?

“So she cant make up her mind, she goes out with one and then the other and then switches back and then switches back again.

“Whats that got to do with them breaking into her house? Prince demanded. “They did break into her house. Sir.

“Yes, they did, but this charge will never make it to trial. Elizabeth will never testify against them, and besides, you wont get an arrest warrant out of Bill because shell laugh you out of her bar first.

A short silence. “Drunk and disorderly? she said, almost pleadingly.

“Sorry. Liam shook his head, and deleted Princes report. “Unless Tatiana made a complaint?

Reluctantly, she shook her head.

Liam cocked an interrogatory eyebrow.

There was a brief pause.

“Hell, Prince said.

“Relax, Liam said dryly, “you had eight solved murders on your record before youd been in town a week.

“I know, she said glumly.

“Even somebody named for Wonder Woman ought to be happy with that.

“Up yours, she said, still glum.

He grinned at her. “Well try to scare up another one for you sometime soon.

Later, he would remember saying those words, and curse himself for a fool. Now he said, “Anything else?

“Yeah, the phone was ringing when I walked in the door. Some guy, name of Montgomery, looking for

“Lyle Montgomery, looking for his daughter, Liam said with a sigh, and glanced at the calendar. First of September, first of the month. Right on schedule.

“You know him?

“Hes got a daughter missing. Name of Cheryl. Liam opened one of the desk drawers and rummaged through it, producing a file. “She was canoeing alone through the Wood-Tikchik State Park. Finn Grant dropped her off at the Four Lakes Ranger Station. She had a full load of supplies, plus the canoe. The rangers gave her a map and the standard warnings. She left around noon of that day, with the stated intention of camping her way up to Outuchiwenet Mountain Lodge. She had scheduled a fly-out from there with Grant at noon two weeks from the day he put her down.