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Chapters
One
The man,” said my friend Marty Gilmartin, “is an absolute…
Two
A wall safe,” Carolyn Kaiser said. “He was straightening the…
Three
I went back to the bookstore and opened up, and…
Four
I didn’t really have to go home first. I was…
Five
Turning around and walking down the driveway and away from…
Six
On the prowl.
Seven
The first place that looked good to me was a…
Eight
What a feeling!
Nine
I tried not to listen.
Ten
If Crandall Oaktree Mapes is a shitheel—”
Eleven
That’s a nice suit,” I said. “Armani?”
Twelve
The first time I met Wally Hemphill, I’d just been…
Thirteen
They came to the Poodle Factory,” Carolyn said, “sometime around…
Fourteen
If anybody had been waiting to ambush me, there wouldn’t…
Fifteen
Whoever they were, I guess they must have stocked up…
Sixteen
Since my clean-shaven doorman had put himself back to…
Seventeen
I took less than an hour for lunch, and was…
Eighteen
Okay,” Ray said. “Let’s go over it one more time.”
Nineteen
I was getting ready to close when Ray Kirschmann turned…
Twenty
By 8:45 I was sitting behind the wheel of a…
Twenty-One
We stayed with the West Side Drive while it became…
Twenty-Two
I hadn’t heard a car, hadn’t heard so much as…
Twenty-Three
When I got back to Arbor Court, there was a…
Twenty-Four
The fat man took the book.”
Twenty-Five
If it’s all the same to you, or even if…
Twenty-Six
The trouble with Thank God It’s Friday, I’ve occasionally thought…
Twenty-Seven
The rain stopped sometime after midnight Saturday, too late to…
Twenty-Eight
I give up, Bern. Who the hell are these guys?”
Twenty-Nine
It was a little before seven when I mounted the…
Thirty
A burglar,” she said. “I never met a burglar before.
Thirty-One
Monday morning Carolyn and I counted money. We went straight…
Thirty-Two
The Pretenders have a rule against conducting business on club…
Thirty-Three
It was after ten when I left Marisol’s apartment. I…
Thirty-Four
The lock on William Johnson’s front door was nothing special…
Thirty-Five
Bern, I hate to say it, but you don’t look…
Thirty-Six
There was a bell, of course, but I used the…
Thirty-Seven
Once upon a time,” I said, “there were three independent…
Thirty-Eight
I liked the phrase enough to say it again. “The long…
Thirty-Nine
Of course we’re speaking hypothetically,” Michael Quattrone said. His eyes…
Forty
They weren’t gone long, and when they came back, well…
Forty-One
Thanks, Maxine. You’re a lifesaver, and don’t ask me what…
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