Santa Fe Edge (Ed Eagle Novel) by Stuart Woods

Author:Stuart Woods
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Organized crime, Eagle, Divorced women, Mystery fiction, Ed (Fictitious character), Mystery & Detective, Organized crime - Mexican-American Border Region, Legal, Crime, Fiction, Suspense, Mexican-American Border Region, Santa Fe (N.M.), Thrillers, Legal stories, General
ISBN: 9780399156915
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Published: 2010-09-21T00:25:10+00:00

BART WOKE UP LATER than he had planned: It was after nine. He got himself together, got out the car and headed for Albuquerque.

As he got onto I-25 he remembered that he hadn’t closed the garage door. He thought about going back and doing it, but he would be gone for only a few hours, so what the hell?

He drove to Albuquerque International and returned the station wagon to the parking lot, left the ticket under the sun visor and got a cab into town. “Is there a street with a lot of car dealerships?” he asked the driver.

“Yeah, sure.”

“Take me there.”

The driver dropped him off in front of a Toyota dealer, and Bart strolled around the used lot. He was looking for something old, anonymous, but with fairly low mileage. Instead, he stopped in front of a shiny pickup truck.

A salesman approached. “Nice one, isn’t it?”

“Not bad,” Bart said, checking the mileage.

“Driven by a woman who had a landscaping business, so it never carried anything heavier than a bag of fertilizer and a few plants. It’s not like it was used for construction.”

The key was in the ignition, and Bart started the truck. “Let’s go for a ride.” He returned after driving it three or four miles. It was perfect. “Can you ship it to L.A.?” he asked.

“Sure. Probably cost you five hundred.”

“What are you asking?”

“Ten thousand; that’s a wholesale price.”

“I’ll give you seventy-five hundred, cash.”

The man got out his cell phone. “Let me call my boss.” He got out of the truck and made the call while Bart walked around the vehicle, looking for flaws. There weren’t any, and it had new tires on it.

The salesman closed his phone. “Eight thousand is as low as he’ll go,” he said to Bart.

Bart thought about it; he had about fourteen thousand on him. “Deal,” he said.

“Let’s go into the office.”

“I’ll bring it back end of the month, and you can ship it,” he said.

“No problem. I’ll make the arrangements today, and if you pay now, all you’ll need to do is phone me and I’ll pick up the truck at the airport. You’ll be flying out, I guess.”

“That’s right,” Bart said. “You can keep a key.”

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