Chapters (95)
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-One
- Twenty-Two
- Twenty-Three
- Twenty-Four
- Twenty-Five
- Twenty-Six
- Twenty-Seven
- Twenty-Eight
- Twenty-Nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-One
- Thirty-Two
- Thirty-Three
- Thirty-Four
- Thirty-Five
- Thirty-Six
- Thirty-Seven
- Thirty-Eight
- Thirty-Nine
- Forty
- Forty-One
- Forty-Two
- Forty-Three
- Forty-Four
- Forty-Five
- Forty-Six
- Forty-Seven
- Forty-Eight
- Forty-Nine
- Fifty
- Fifty-One
- Fifty-Two
- Fifty-Three
- Fifty-Four
- Fifty-Five
- Fifty-Six
- Fifty-Seven
- Fifty-Eight
- Fifty-Nine
- Sixty
- Sixty-One
- Sixty-Two
- Sixty-Three
- Sixty-Four
- Sixty-Five
- Sixty-Six
- Sixty-Seven
- Sixty-Eight
- Sixty-Nine
- Seventy
- Seventy-One
- Seventy-Two
- Seventy-Three
- Seventy-Four
- Seventy-Five
- Seventy-Six
- Seventy-Seven
- Seventy-Eight
- Seventy-Nine
- Eighty
- Eighty-One
- Eighty-Two
- Eighty-Three
- Eighty-Four
- Eighty-Five
- Eighty-Six
- Eighty-Seven
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Also by David Swinson
- Thank you for buying this ebook, published by Hachette Digital.
“How did you find this source, Frank?”
“Hoofing it, just like the old days.”
“Is he a burglar? Is it your burglar?”
“No,” I lie, as usual.
“It would be really helpful if we had another cooperator.”
So he only got one of the brothers to talk. And yes, when you’re working something like this, the assistant US attorney always likes two independent sources of information. Not that he can’t work it with one. It just makes the information more reliable having two.
“I can talk to him and see, but it’s going to be tough. Why can’t you just put a wire on whoever you have?”
“That’s something we might do, but he’s going to be in the hospital for at least another week.”
Damn. I really did lose control.
“I need your source, Frank. This involves some heavy shit.”
I think that’s the first time I ever heard Hurley cuss.
“Please tell me you got something good on my cousin’s homicide,” I say.
“We’ll know soon enough. Got a couple of guns out of the house on Riggs. One is the same caliber used in the shooting on Rhode Island Avenue. Firearms Examination is on it.”
That’s probably why the kid is rolling. He knows that gun and possibly the other one are gonna come back on him.
Fuck. Do something really stupid like I did that night, and it looks like it might pay off. I don’t want to jinx it, so I stop thinking about it.
May as well cast the line all the way out, see what bites.
“What about me?” I ask, sighing. “I’m getting a feeling that in some weird way I’m tangled up in all this shit. Something having to do with Jasper. Maybe I was just in the wrong place at the right time.”
“What do you mean?”
“When I went to surveil my cousin at the club. I don’t know. It’s crazy.”
“We’re keeping the file on your house in the same case jacket as these boys on Riggs now. Does Jasper know where you live?”
“I don’t know. I think so. He pulled some off-the-wall stunt using his rookie to stop me near my house a couple nights ago. Told his rookie I might be a robbery suspect, but Jasper stayed in the car. Let’s just say I had some words with him about his training methods.”
“You did something to piss Jasper off.”
“Wait—why? No.”
“Frankie, I know you.”
“I would have told you if I did. In fact I’ve been struggling to figure that out. Only conversation I had with him was at the nightclub he works, and that was just casual. He even bought me a drink.”