Brimstone by Preston Douglas && Child Lincoln

Author:Preston, Douglas && Child, Lincoln
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780759512061
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“That was a most valuable visit,” Pendergast said as they got into the car. “We now know that Ranier Beckmann lived in Italy, probably in 1974, that he spoke Italian decently, perhaps fluently.”

D’Agosta looked at him, astonished. “How did you figure that out?”

“It’s what he said when he lost at rummy. ‘Kay Biskerow.’ It’s not a name, it’s an expression. Che bischero! It’s Italian, a Florentine dialect expostulation meaning ‘What a jerk!’ Only someone who had lived in Florence would know it. The coins in that cigar box are all Italian lire, dated 1974 and before. The fountain behind the four friends, although I don’t recognize it, is clearly Italianate.”

D’Agosta shook his head. “You figured all that out just from that little box of things?”

“Sometimes the small things speak the loudest.” And as the Rolls shot from the curb and accelerated down the street, Pendergast glanced over. “Would you slide my laptop out of the dash there, Vincent? Let us find out what light Professor Charles F. Ponsonby Jr. can shed on things.”

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