Bones Of Betrayal by Bass Jefferson

Author:Bass, Jefferson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-03-15T17:28:57+00:00

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B O N E S O F B E T R A Y A L

One of the notations on Leonard Novak’s yellow notepad popped into my head. “George Koval?” Thornton nodded.

“Novak wrote the initials ‘GK’ shortly before he died, and he was reading books about Venona at the time. Maybe he knew about Koval. Maybe they collaborated. Can you guys interrogate George, see if our guy Novak was one of his comrades?”

“George is outside our jurisdiction,” Thornton said dryly.

“Moved to Moscow in 1948, died in 2006. After he died, Vladimir Putin awarded him Russia’s highest medal.”

“Damn,” I said. “Well, between the Acme Credit Corporation and the Venona transcripts, maybe something will turn up.”

He gave a rueful smile. “Unlike Kistiakowsky, I wouldn’t bet a month’s pay on it,” he said. “Hell, I wouldn’t bet ten bucks. But we’ll keep digging.” He thought of something. “You still in the good graces of the woman in Oak Ridge?”

I blushed. “The librarian? Isabella?”

He shook his head. “No, the old lady. Beatrice. The one that married Novak without having done due diligence about his sexual orientation.”

“Ah. No, I haven’t talked to Beatrice since she outed Novak as gay, but it’s not like she and I have had a spat.”

“Lucky you,” he said. “Listen, since you seem to bring out the gift of gab in Madame Beatrice, how about chatting her up some more, see if she thinks Novak was giving secrets to the Soviets?”

“If she snitches on him, should I send a note to the Acme Credit Corporation?”

“Sure,” he said. “We check the P.O. box twice a day.” He pushed back from the table. “I reckon I’ll slink back to my offi ce now,” he said. “I’ve done enough damage here for one day.”

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