Cascade, Washington on the trail of a missing person, his sons wanted to go with him, but he turned them down – although he promised to look up police detectives Jim Ellison and Blair Sandburg while he was there. But when Fenton mysteriously disappears as well, Joe and Frank head for the West coast in an attempt to find him.

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Joe moved again, slipping from behind one massive pillar to another in the underground parking facility. He wished there were more cars around to conceal his movements, but on a Sunday evening the place was essentially deserted. There was enough ambient noise from traffic outside to mask sounds, which was good in one way – he didn’t have to worry about trying to stay absolutely silent – and bad in another, for he couldn’t hear if anyone else might be around, either!

He and Frank had shared one check-in time, and now were into the second hour. So far, neither one had spotted the slightest sign of Bobbi Van Lansing, the driver of the car she had ridden in, or anyone else.

Maybe this is just one damn exercise in futility, the younger Hardy mused. For all we know, if these guys have Dad, they’ve got him stashed somewhere else entirely, and we’re wasting our time.

He moved again, taking advantage of a police or fire engine siren outside to muffle the sounds. Unfortunately, it also muffled the sounds of the shadowy figure which approached him from behind.

Joe never saw or heard his assailant, and he dropped like a rock when the blackjack connected with the back of his head.

Special Notes: This is a sequel to Band of Brothers and Welcome to Cascade, and is the third – and probably last – in the ‘Bayport to Cascade’ series of Hardy/Sentinel crossovers.

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