Someone Always Knows by Marcia Muller

Author:Marcia Muller
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2016-07-05T04:00:00+00:00

Neal Osborn, Ted’s husband, sounded wide awake when he picked up my call. “His Highness is sleeping,” he told me. “I, of course, am sitting up late, putting Brodart dust jacket protectors on my latest purchases.” Neal is a rare-books dealer with a worldwide mail-order clientele.

“Do you mind waking him?”

“You’re the one who called. You wake him. I’ll place the phone on his pillow.”

Moments of silence; then Neal said, “Go ahead.”

I did, and received a squawk from Ted that blasted my eardrum. “What the hell are you doing, calling at this hour?”

“After all these years you ought to be used to it.” Ted and I had been together forever; in fact, the first sight to greet me the day I’d been hired by All Souls had been his big bare feet resting on top of the reception desk.

He said, “Let me gather my wits—such as they are.” Long pause, lots of moaning and snuffling. “Okay—what?”

“Quick question: what company did we contract with to store our out-of-date paper files?”

“You woke me up to ask that?”

“I wouldn’t have if it wasn’t important.”

“Let me think.” Another pause. “Duggan’s? No, that’s a funeral home. D something. Aha! The Depot.”

“Can I get in to look at the files?”

“Sure. But there’re a ton of them.”

“I know approximately what time frame I’m looking for. Do I need to show ID or anything?”

“Your investigator’s license and business card should do the trick. Most of them probably know who you are anyway.”

“Thanks, Ted. Go back to sleep now.”

“I’ve been asleep the whole time I’ve been talking to you.”

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