THE CACCIATORE CONUNDRUM

A WARREN KINGSLEY STORY

The meal has been ordered. The drinks have arrived. For Warren Kingsley, the ultimate battle of wits will soon commence. This is THE CACCIATORE CONUNDRUM, the first in a trilogy of short stories.

Some Diverting Dinner Conversation

At a fashionable Italian eatery, Warren Kingsley, the illustrious and often unfathomable bodyguard, takes on a cold and calculating hitman.

A human life hangs in the balance, not to mention a modest dinner bill.

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“In approximately one hour, a person in this restaurant will expire,” said the assassin.

“Branzino bone in the windpipe?”

“No, Mr. Kingsley.”

“Bad gnocchi?”

“No. This will progress much faster if you refrain from interrupting. The person will die at my hand. Or, more accurately, at the hand of one I instruct. You and you alone have it in your power to prevent that death.”

“I have?” asked the bodyguard.

“You have, indeed. That is, if you consent to a certain contest. A duel, if you like.”

Warren didn’t like. “What kind of contest or duel?”

“A duel of intellect.”

Warren was afraid of that. He hated those kinds of duels.

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