Sandford, John - Virgil Flowers 01 by Sandford John

Author:Sandford, John
Language: eng
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―Then, if nobody gave you up, you‘d make some money,‖

she said. ―But the distribution network, the low unit value of the product, would hardly make it worth the risk. Somebody would talk, and there you are on tax evasion.‖

VIRGIL TOOK STRYKER outside and asked, ―You think she can be seriously trusted? No gossip?‖

―She‘s been an accountant here for twenty years, since she got out of school—you couldn‘t get one word out of her about how anybody spent a nickel,‖ Stryker said. ―And nobody‘ll get a word out of her about what we were talking about. She‘s like a Swiss bank.‖

Virgil said, ―I got a lot of paper in from St. Paul. Tax records, corporate stuff, stuff I took out of the bank. It really needs an accountant—somebody who can work it overnight.‖

―Ask her,‖ Stryker said. ―You‘ll have to pay her—but there‘s no question about trusting her.‖

―We can pay her. We need the analysis.‖

THEY WENT BACK to Olafson, and she agreed to do it: ―Too many people dead. Of course I‘ll do it. I‘ll even give you my state rate—overtime, of course, rush job.‖

―And that would be…‖

―Hundred and ten dollars an hour,‖ she said.

Sounded like a lot, but then, it was only for eight or ten hours: ―It‘s a deal. I‘ll go get the paper, you type up an agreement and I‘ll sign it.‖

BACK OUT ON the sidewalk, Stryker said, ―If you‘re supposedly developing an ethanol plant, but what you‘re really doing is using the plant to buy bulk chemicals to manufacture methamphetamine—I mean, we‘re not talking about a coffeepot on a stove somewhere; we‘re talking about tons of it. The profits wouldn‘t be two dollars a quart. The profits would be astronomical. You‘d need quite a bit of upfront

money…‖

―From the Judd money bin. And you‘d need a distribution network.‖

―From Feur, if he‘s really involved in it.‖

They looked at each other, and Virgil said, ―Let‘s check back at the hotel. Maybe Davenport‘s guy got me something.‖

DAVENPORT’S GUY WAS Louis Mallard, who was something large in the FBI. He sent along a single paragraph: ―A Rev.

George Feur of the first Archangelus Church of the Revelation was one of a number of people under surveillance in Salt Lake City and in Coeur d‘Alene for his association with extremist antigovernment groups like the Corps. The Corps was known to distribute drugs, including cocaine and methamphetamine, to finance its activities and for the purchase of weapons. Surveillance was terminated after three months with no evidence of Feur‘s involvement in illegal activities, although he had extensive connections with people who were involved in illegal activities.‖

―That‘s it,‖ Stryker said. ―He‘s involved. He‘s got the connections.‖

―What about Roman Schmidt and the Gleasons?‖ Virgil asked.

―I don‘t know about the Gleasons—except that they had some contact with Feur. There was that Book of Revelation.

Maybe they were investors. Roman…‖

―What?‖

―Roman was pals with Big and Little Curly,‖ Stryker said.

―Guess who patrols west county?‖

―Big and Little Curly?‖

―That‘s their country out there,‖ Stryker said. ―They know it like nobody else. If you were moving a lot of meth around, it‘d be useful to have a lookout with the sheriff‘s department.

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