Episode 31: Shirley Temple is Missing
In which the action shifts to the water
CHAPTER 72
“A shot across the bow!” Lt. Alexander shouted to his forward gun crew.
When the spotlights from the two Coast Guard patrol vessels had speared the kidnappers’ boat, it had turned south, racing past the towers being built to support the new bridge to Oakland. Like a linebacker preventing a runner from turning the corner and reaching the open fi…
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