The Dead Circus by John Kaye

Author:John Kaye
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grove Atlantic

A little before eleven Gene left the hotel and drove down to the Pony Express, a small poker club located next to a sporting goods store on Fremont Street. Playing seven-card stud, he was up close to five hundred dollars in less than an hour, but he dropped it all on one hand when the full house he was holding was trumped by four nines. As he was leaving the club, he noticed a pit boss with puffy cheeks and heavy veins in his hands, meticulously cleaning his clear-rimmed glasses. He was talking to a jittery, rat-faced man whose lips barely moved when he spoke. When his elusive eyes caught Gene staring at him, the rat-faced man flashed him a queer, twisted half-smile that quickly faded, and then he hunched his shoulders and looked away. It was not until he arrived back at the Desert Inn that Gene recalled meeting him earlier that week in the offices of Big City Music.

Gene felt a flutter of fear and even some anger as he reentered the hotel. In the elevator he realized suddenly that he had to speak with Melanie, to be rigorously honest and explain to her that he was probably being followed, and that she might be in some danger. He called her from his room, but her machine picked up after six rings. He put down the receiver without leaving a message and sat motionless on the bed for several seconds, before he bolted to his feet and grabbed his car keys off the side table nearest the door.

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