When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Block Lawrence

Author:Block, Lawrence. [Block, Lawrence.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Published: 2011-10-27T02:44:54+00:00

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L AW R E N C E B LO C K

“I got the same concern. It’s like walking point, you’re out there and they can just bang away at you. It’s bad enough paying ransom, but who knows if we’re even gonna get what we pay for? It could wind up being a hijack, and they could waste us while they’re at it.”

“Why would they do that?”

“I don’t know. ‘Dead men tell no tales.’ Isn’t that what they say?”

“Maybe they do, but murder brings heat.” I was trying to concentrate, and I wasn’t thinking as clearly as I wanted to. I asked if I could have a beer.

“Oh, Jesus, where’s my manners? What do you want, bourbon, cup of coffee?”

“I think just a beer.”

Skip went to get it. While he was gone his partner said, “This is crazy. It’s unreal, you know what I mean? Stolen books, extortion, voices over the phone. It has no reality.”

“I guess.”

“The money has no reality. I can’t relate to it.

The number—”

Skip brought me a bottle of Carlsberg and a bell-shaped glass. I sipped a little beer and frowned in what was supposed to be thought. Skip lit a cigarette, offered the pack to me, then said, “No, of course you don’t want one, you don’t smoke,” and put the pack in his pocket.

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