"To begin with", Jack said, "the man whom Yuri pushed and shoved against my sister's art desk, is a disreputable dealer in antiquities, who is wanted in several countries. Since technically burglary was involved, he will be extradited to France. He was able to put up substantial bail, but is currently under the watchful eye of a liaison with French intelligence."

"This is good," Griff said. "Are you going back to France soon? How is Giselle and what's happening with the regional soccer team on which you play?"

"Giselle will be dancing here in San Francisco soon. But, we'll be going home to France in time for the Spring soccer season. Meanwhile, I'm calling about the two men Bob and Tommy tackled. The suspects claimed that they were interested in buying a beach house and were unreasonably attacked by two huge brutes.

Luckily, when they were kids, all of the on-duty cops had watched Bob and Tommy play for The Raiders."

Griff smiled. "So did I, That's one reason Bob and Tommy have keys to my beach house."

"The fingerprints of one of the burglars in custody match the fingerprints on the beer glass my sister liberated from the sports bar where she was attacked. Looks like he escaped from jail with Alarie, but he claims to have no knowledge of Alarie's whereabouts. Yuri offered to interrogate this silent burglar, but my colleague's kind offer could not be accepted because -- as the Santa Cruz Police explained-- this is not Russia."