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18 August 1942 CHAPTER 1 Sting olonel James Samuelson stretched himself out on C the soft quilts. He needed to unwind and this was the place to do it. A soft bed and two exquisite young ladies who were attending to his physical needs. It was his first visit to such an establishment. At home in South Carolina a foray into a world of sexual license would be un- thinkable. But this was not South Carolina. This was the South Pacific and there was a war going on. Two days ear- lier he‟d been under fire. The Japs had attacked his unit and he‟d lost nine men. Now, back in Australia, he had a right to a bit of self-indulgence. The younger of the two girls was his favorite. She clearly appreciated a man‟s finer points. She held his lovingly and turned his head towards the window. A plane flew overhead. Colonel Samuelson recognized it as a military transport but failed to notice the camera pointing at him through a chink in the curtains. 1
CHAPTER 2 Suitcase 17 January 2002 wenty-year-old David Paget sat in the departure T lounge of New York‟s JFK International Airport beside thirty-five-year-old Sue Lynne. They looked an unlikely pair: David in torn denims, Sue Lynne in a smart business suit. A casual observer might have mistaken them for a lawyer and her client, a sporting personality perhaps. The young man radiated health and vitality: tall and muscular in his tight-fitting T-shirt and tattered jeans. Girls at a neigh- boring table couldn‟t take their eyes off him. Sue Lynne cast a disapproving eye at the young ladies and opened a plastic folder. She was a slim woman of Asian appearance with pale skin and a delicate bone structure. It wasn‟t difficult to imagine that she had once been vey beautiful. But her natural good looks were marred by a tenseness of expression that suggested a recent illness. She glanced nervously at her watch. 2
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David was in charge of one of the i
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The optical prescription of his mas
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The spear left Tim‟s gun and the
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„How ya going, Humptie?‟ He did
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CHAPTER 9 Problems avid sat in a co
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The man had a self-satisfied voice
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„Oh! My God! I had no idea … I
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‘They set the rules. So what do y
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They introduced themselves and foll
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Facing defeat, Tong Yee took the go
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There were video cameras to record
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For a moment Cecil was subdued. Hum
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t took a while for David and Tim to
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Tim let more air out of the tires.
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They ordered a couple of beers and
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„We‟ve arrived in paradise!‟
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David had no way of judging the fir
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avid drove the next day. Tim was in
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CHAPTER 11 Footsie hey reached Cook
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David checked that everything was s
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Floppy Hat was something else. The
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„You do like to show off your sup
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CHAPTER 12 Gloom hile David and Tim
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„What about the parcels? Those yo
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„No worries!‟ Tim increased the
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„Further to the right,‟ Tim tou
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Tim interrupted his thoughts. „Th
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The Pagets were a strange family. D
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Then everything changed. Tim took h
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To make matters worse, the Captain
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„Do you think Footsie was someone
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The sounds of the tropics were new
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He came close to the chain but not
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„The bloody thing‟s stuck!‟ M
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CHAPTER 14 Kirstin investigates Tha
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CHAPTER 15 KARMA avid glanced at hi
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The boat was drifting at about one-
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His feet sank into ooze and his fin
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Report appearing in the tabloid Pic
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CHAPTER 16 Aghast lizabeth Hansen l
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He ran into the kitchen and pulled
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„Yes,‟ Kirstin nodded. „Okay.
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„I knew Charlie.‟ Kirstin smile
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„I was able retrieve Colonel Bigu
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twitched like an injured crayfish.
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CHAPTER 18 Curtin Girls irstin dash
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to affect a French rather than an I
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„Clarence! This man is stalking m
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he phone rang on Kirstin‟s desk i
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„Do you think Doris worked in Tow
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CHAPTER 19 Mug shot amantha Fischer
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Police chief Endicott parked his ca
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CHAPTER 20 Trauma ary Longboat exam
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Humphrey emerged from a toilet cubi
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„I‟m told this was a popular pl
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She pushed herself up to her full h
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„We‟d been doing a bit of it ou
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had it they were going to be destro
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„I‟m on holidays.‟ „Looking
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Humphrey was entranced. He‟d alwa
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There was a bandstand and it looked
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His other ear was tweaked. „Somet
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particularly irksome. He was determ
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The scented tea was not to Kirstin
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Cecilia launched into a diatribe ag
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direction. She put down her book an
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CHAPTER 25 Gipsy Rose Lee he mist b
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Kirstin looked out over the pond an
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man skin and she‟d spent time adm
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CHAPTER 27 Rebirth he rain had stop
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„One day, as he was walking along
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CHAPTER 28 War Council he butchers
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amounts being destroyed. Even today
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„Item twelve. Charlie is engaged
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CHAPTER 29 Wombat‟s Den A cold fr
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sions. „You are going to teach me
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CHAPTER 30 Old Archives ourteen day
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face in the wing mirror. A moment l
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The driver returned to the van and
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„I went to look for her after bal
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Janet stopped in her tracks. Someon
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211 „Mrs. Hansen! We‟re the pol
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„I‟m all right!‟ „There‟s
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CHAPTER 31 Aftermath amantha Fische
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CHAPTER 32 Interview room he room w
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She returned to her seat and brough
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CHAPTER 33 Doldrums irstin put down
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CHAPTER 34 Late night call I t was
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CHAPTER 35 Unexpected call he telep
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By the third day he could recognize
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She recounted the whole story. At f
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David remained silent. „You know
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They reached the creek and crashed
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Barry turned the engine back on and
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„It‟s nice out there,‟ he sai
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The words died as the edge of the s
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„Relax, mate!‟ It came from a s
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David drove the van. He followed th
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In the light of day David was able
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„We arrested Janet Pulnitz and he
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CHAPTER 40 Homestead avid threw asi
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evealed a figure that still retaine
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He‟d seen enough. The crocodile f
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The pair continued to argue. David
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Huge termite mounds stuck up all ar
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David guessed that Daryl intended t
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CHAPTER 41 Bugged W hile David was
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going to Townsville and they knew I
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Noelene was worried that their empl
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eaten by his dogs. He watched the o
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flection, he decided not to worry a
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„I thought I‟d take the horse d
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He awoke and looked around. The hor
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them for a while before realizing h
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To her annoyance, a man in a dark s
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„You‟re looking very distinguis
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„Perhaps they‟re not too far fr
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„So. You‟re writing a history o
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A Rolls Royce was standing in the d
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„There‟s been a bust-up between
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Alan reached for the mouse. „They
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„You said it was a most unusual f
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The album contained photographs goi
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CHAPTER 45 Hurricane hile Kirstin w
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The thought was sobering. Charlie h
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pursuing vehicle. Tracer bullets ra
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David guessed Kim was the pilot.
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David thought she‟d be glad to se
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„I‟ll be with you in ten minute
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Kirstin lent forward. „Was Footsi
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CHAPTER 47 Harald oelene led the wa
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„You said there were guns?‟ „
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The plane landed and taxied to the
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„Suits?‟ Humphrey said. „Yeah
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knowledge of guns and military tact
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They scrambled along the creek. Noe
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The child broke loose and ran to hi
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did his best to listen to the voice
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The torch reached the boards above
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stay on his feet. The next flash sa
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„That‟s right.‟ David felt fa
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CHAPTER 48 Stalemate avid peered th
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He pointed the big animal towards t
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minutes before blacking out but his
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„I don‟t know.‟ The old man s
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gun and she‟d run ahead with it.
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The whine of an engine was coming f
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The shed was in chaos when he got t
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He dived in and struck out. His mai
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e cast out to sea then he slumped i
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CHAPTER 50 Caged bird hief Investig
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EPILOGUE The little girl clutched h
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THE SINS OF THE FATHERS are handed
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