CSCI podcast Pt 42 - The mystery crime thriller at sea from Cruise Ship Crime Investigators

welcome to a cruise ship Heist scene 109 in town in cities with our kit concealed in tourist bags it is early evening and we move through fun Chao people are strolling about looking for restaurants and bars musicians are playing we walk between the old Cathedral and the ornate Banco de Portugal you think we could all come back in the morning and make deposits Ronnie says we'd need a flatbed truck I just it's part of tomorrow's kit list Hunter says powering in front slow down Ronnie says grabbing his elbow we're tourists the gang could be out drinking anywhere watching Hunter stops we gaze pointlessly into a restaurant fresh fish Madeira wine the restaurateur Enthusiast traditional Fado music it seems sad Ronnie says it's about being poor and working at Sea loss and sorrow he explains but the food is great that's not the mood we're looking for sorry I offer watching her Chase Hunter striding off into the roar de Santa Maria it is famous for its graffiti-like painted or sculptured doors and it is lined with romantic restaurants with tables outside this is our street the rental is at the other end Hunter tells us Two Soldiers having dinner running nods at the table outside the next restaurant they could just be two guys on a night out I suggest or they could work for Maria bear with us Hunter says passing them finding your wife isn't the problem here it's going to be getting her away without a shootout if she looks beaten maybe not fully clothed or like someone we have stolen we will be accosted it only takes one hero one hero in this busy street and everyone will join in look at the possible collateral damage Ronnie offers and she's right let's assess when we're at the Target Hunter speeds off but both Ronnie and I reach out and grab him Hunter is trapped in the Middle with Ronnie hanging on controlling his pace look around there are families everywhere it could be a blood path Ronnie says holding him to look at a shop window your wife might need a clean dress to change into to blend in she'll hate that Hunter says it'll pull on easy what size Ronnie asks she forces Hunter into the shop where I buy a bottle of water some baby cleaning wipes and a chocolate bar for energy I stuffed them in my cargo pants and we head off again I've just remembered what funchal is famous for Hunter stops fireworks they have huge Christmas and New Year displays no one will turn ahead if fireworks kick off perfect cover for gunfire Ronnie and I will take a table as close as we can to where she is being held you go and find the noisiest fireworks you can after just another 50 meters we see the rental property it is neglected with Windows downstairs boarded up there is a low flickering light on the first floor and in the small attic probably candles we sit at a table outside the restaurant opposite one shop down tomorrow I'd like to be back in this street having dinner with Georgie with everyone safe first we have to survive tonight second we need to get the money off the ship in the morning without being arrested chapter 110 fish we're the only customers so the waiter enthusiastically hands us a menu and lights the candle on our table some wine red love your building what's upstairs extra seating but close tonight the Fish Fresh fantastic he sells I'll have Fisher today I must look upstairs love these buildings I walk inside climb the stairs and investigate the dark extra seating area that looks like it hasn't been used for a while from the window I study the building across the narrow road on the first floor I can see three men playing cards through the window the table is lit by a candle which may mean there's no power in there I can't see into the attic though the large window is open that is where Hunter's wife must be axis would be easy by the roof if we can use next door you like I hear from behind me it's the waiter love it ever thought of a roof Garden people love them I enthuse can I go up I can hear him hesitating confused obviously never having been asked anything like that before I walked to the door I suspect hides the stairs to the Attic no light the waiter says to defeat my request now he's caught me up my smartphone torches on and I'm climbing the stairs sir come down manager not be very happy he pleads yes go get the manager I urge sending him away this empty huge Loft would never be wasted in a big city on a table by the rotten wooden hatch laser sniper yo Candlelight can you see anything I see everything your lady is on the chair against the wall on the right there could be two or three but I only see one with her others there's a lot three or four below playing cards maybe another half a dozen out drinking in the street they'll come running if it kicks off I'm just the voice of reason the roof yeah use next door hello we hear from below I rush back down so as not to give away my colleague how about a roof Garden no sir we're selling all this site sold to a hotel the manager says you sold we have no job the waiter asks obviously hearing this for the first time if this is a hotel there will be lots of customers you should buy that building the one over the road and build a roof Terrace I suggest good idea the waiter keenly agrees the boss looks across the way both for sale he says thinking how many rooms will the hotel have I ask maybe 60 he shares 60 couples who will all want food at a late night bar I would invest in that restaurant I offer walking downstairs the manager follows me at Double speed I walk straight out into the street honey I found a great investment I say to Ronnie have you honey she says completely sending me up as she follows he walks me across the road and meets the other owner as they chat in Portuguese we rush upstairs the first floor is used for storage but I want the attic where the hatch opens easily at the hatch we look across the roof to next door I take out the wipes water and chocolate and hand them to Ronnie we'll go in from the ground floor bring her across the roof there's a sniper giving cover from across the street one hostile in the Attic three or four below clean her up in here don't wait for us take her to the soldiers down the road Roger that she says I rushed down through the storage space and through the ground floor towards the backyard the owner rushes to catch me up and doesn't realize that Ronnie remained upstairs I like it what's at the back kitchen toilet he mutters Road access a walkway is it joined to next door I quickly fire to confuse him the owner looks worried next door no good needs too much work I look out not wishing to give myself away there is no fence to the Target building and there is an old metal fire escape up to its first floor it might hold someone's weight I turn and go back through the kitchen and out to the front I'll send my business partner over I say leaving the shop and heading back to my table I pull out a one hundred dollar bill and hand it to the waiter which both owners see thanks buddy we're gonna study the area I say now that Hunter is back don't rush the food the owner takes the money from the waiter typical [Music]