"Steve Perry - Matador 7 - Brother Death" - читать интересную книгу автора (Perry Steven)

"But it might be tied up with some trouble we're having at home."

Bork nodded, waiting.

"There have been some killings in the last six months," she said. "Rich and powerful people, humans,
mues, men, women. A dozen or so we know about. Not just in Leijona where I'm based, but all up and
down the east coast of Raion. Guy in Watu who owned a big villie plantation, couple of political types in
town, the mayor of Shaba City, a timber export king down in Tibois, like that. Other than the fact they
all earn more stads in a month than I'll see in a lifetime, they don't seem to have anything in common,
except that they all got murdered after they were warned it would happen. We don't have shit for clues.
Locked-room deals, most of them."

Bork nodded. "Even people with money get killed."

"Yeah, except that these people had some pretty good bodyguards who tried to keep it from happening."

"Any matadors?"

"No."

"Well, there you go," Bork said.

"Yeah, there you go. Thing is, these killers are beginning to worry a lot of people. I got put in charge of
the investigation, starting right after I get back from my vacation here to see my brother and his new
wife and nephew. I do pretty fair work most of the time. Maybe somebody doesn't want me involved."

"Well, if that's the best they can do they don't seem all that formidable to me."

"Oh, they are. This guy might not be connected to that, or maybe he just barely qualified or something.
You, ah, interested in maybe doing a little consulting work, Saval?"

"You want me to go to Tembo?"

"You're one of the best bodyguards in the galaxy. If you can't help me figure out how to keep these
toobies from slaughtering the local citizens, who else?"



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"I dunno. . ."

"I would consider it a personal favor," she said.

That's when Bork knew how worried Taz really was. The Borks seldom asked for favors, even of each
other.

Especially of each other.