Bleeding Hearts by Ian Rankin

Author:Ian Rankin [Rankin, Ian]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Mystery & Detective
ISBN: 9781409118381
Publisher: Chivers Press Ltd
Published: 1994-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

Hoffer cleaned it anyway. He knew if he got close enough to

the D-Man, it wouldn't matter if the assassin was state-ofthe-art

armed, Hoffer would stick a bullet in his gut.

With the gun cleaned and oiled, he did some reading.

He'd amassed a lot of reading this trip: stuff about

haemophilia, and now stuff about the Disciples of Love. He

didn't see anything in the Disciples' history that would

unduly ruffle the red, white and blue feathers of the CIA or

NSC. Yet Kline was over here, so someone somewhere was

very worried about something. He imagined the assassin

reading the same notes he was reading. What would he be

thinking? What would be his next step? Would he take up

the investigation where his victim had left off? That sounded

way too risky, especially if the Disciples were the ones who'd

set him up in the first place.

But then again, the D-Man had taken a lot of risks so far,

and every risk brought him closer to the surface. Hotter had

a name and a description, and now he had Max Harrison.

He knew Bob Broome wasn't stupid; he'd make the

connection too before long. But Hotter had a start. The only

problem was, it meant driving. There were no rail stations

close to his destination, so he'd have to hire a car. He'd

booked one for tomorrow morning, and had asked for his bill

to be made up. He knew that really he should make a start

tonight, but he wasn't driving at night, not when he was

heading into the middle of nowhere on the wrong damned

side of the road.

He needed a clear head for tomorrow, so confined himself

to smoking a joint in his room and watching some TV. Then

he took a Librium to help him worm his way into the sleep

of the just. After all, no way should he be there on merit.

'Don't be so hard on yourself, Leo,' he muttered. 'You're

the good guy. You're the hero, you must be ... Jimmy

Bridger told you so.' He finished the glass of whisky beside

his bed and switched off the TV.

On his way to the John, he got a sudden greasy feeling in

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