Disneyland Hostage – Eric Wilson

“Being at Disneyland is making your imagination run wild, Liz. You’ve got to stop playing games.” “What do you mean, games? You were pretty fright- ened back at the saloon.” “Sure, but I’ve changed my mind. Obviously the woman’s just in love, and I think we should leave them alone.” Without another word, Serena headed down the stairs to the lower deck. “Hey, Serena, come back! What if. . . !” But she was gone, and I was left alone feeling like a fool.

For a few more minutes I watched the couple at the stern, hoping they’d do something monstrous that would prove I’d been right, then I followed Serena below. “Maybe you’re right,” I said, as the sternwheeler approached the pier with its brass bell clanging. “There’s no sense wasting my precious time at Dis- neyland following around two strangers.”

“Tt’s pure coincidence seeing that woman two days running. Forget her Liz.” I nodded, trying to believe Serena was right. After all, I was on holiday, so why worry about some woman who kept turning up like a bad penny? Besides, her friend scared me, and I wanted to steer clear of him. “How about a ride on Big Thunder Mountain?”

Ser- ena suggested. “It’s my favourite.” “Sounds good.” At first I couldn’t forget the mysterious couple, but then a crazy ride on a runaway mining train drove them out of my head. Actually, at first the ride on Big Thunder Mountain seemed pretty tame because the train just rattled along past some tall rock buttes and through a gold rush town, but then the train entered a pitch-black railway tunnel and people started hollering when they saw bats’ eyes glowing all around. Those eyes didn’t bother me, but I couldn’t help screaming when the train speeded up, then started twisting and plunging through the darkness.

We rushed out into daylight just long enough to pass a mountain goat chewing a stick of dynamite, then swung wildly around a corner and went flying straight into a mining tunnel with a ceiling so low I thought my head would be torn off. I panicked and ducked, but at the last sec- ond the whole train dropped into darkness and we flew through another series of blind twists and turns. By the time it was over I was drenched in sweat and my voice was hoarse from screaming.

“Fabulous!” I croaked to Serena. “Let’s go again.” She shook her head. “I have to meet Papa and Sefiora Garcia at the Café Orleans for lunch. Please join us.” I looked at my watch.

Books by Eric Wilson The Tom and Liz Austen Mysteries . Murder on The Canadian . Vancouver Nightmare . The Case of the Golden Boy . Disneyland Hostage . The Kootenay Kidnapper . Vampires of Ottawa . Spirit in the Rainforest . The Green Gables Detectives . Code Red at the Supermall 10. Cold Midnight in Vieux Québec 11. The Ice Diamond Quest 12. The Prairie Dog Conspiracy 13. The St. Andrews Werewolf 14. The Inuk Mountie Adventure 15. Escape from Big Muddy Oona NnfWN Also available by Eric Wilson Summer of Discovery The Unmasking of ’Ksan Terror in Winnipeg The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma The Ghost of Lunenburg Manor Disneyland Hostage A Liz Austen Mystery by ERIC WILSON eis same HarperPaperbacks As in his other mysteries, Eric Wilson writes here about imaginary people in a real landscape.

Find Eric Wilson at http://hypbus.com/ewilson/ DISNEYLAND HOSTAGE. Copyright © 1982 by Eric Hamilton Wilson. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without prior written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews. For information address HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, Suite 2900, Hazelton Lanes, 55 Avenue Road, Toronto, Canada M5R 3L2. http://www. harpercollins.com First published in hardcover by Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd: 1982 First published in paperback by Collins Publishers: 1983 First HarperCollins Publishers Ltd paperback edition: 1991 Fourth printing: 1995 Revised paperback edition published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd: 1996 Second printing: 1997 Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Wilson, Eric Disneyland hostage (A Liz Austen mystery) ISBN 0-00-648137-X I.

Title. I. Series: Wilson, Eric. A Liz Austen mystery. PS8595.1583D57 1996 jC813’.54 C95-933348-7 PZ7.W55Di 1996 97 98 99 & OPM 1098765432 Printed and bound in the United States cover design: Richard Bingham cover and chapter illustrations: Richard Row logo photograph: Lawrence McLagan Dedicated with love to Elizabeth Welch Wilson Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2021 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/disneylandhostag0004wils Have you ever been in a plane that’s about to crash?

Pulling my seat belt tighter, I read the airline’s safety instructions one more time.

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