A Thin Veil by Jane Gorman

Author:Jane Gorman [Gorman, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780996380331
Publisher: Blue Eagle Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“Thanks for joining us, Detective Kaminski.” The younger of the two agents, seated next to Adam, spoke first. The driver hadn’t turned around when Adam slid into the back seat.

“I didn’t get the impression I had much of a choice.” Adam kept his voice low, hiding his irritation.

“Well” — the young agent grinned — “we wanted to touch base, that’s all. I’m Special Agent Fitzpatrick, that’s Special Agent Liu. FBI.”

Liu turned around in the front seat. His black eyes blinked, but he didn’t smile. Or speak. He stared at Adam.

“And what can I do for you, gentlemen?” Adam smiled.

“We wanted to hear how you were doing. And how much longer you’ll be in town.”

Adam shrugged. “I don’t know. Is there anything you know that would affect my schedule?” He raised an eyebrow as he asked the question.

Fitzpatrick smiled, and Adam realized how young he really was. Practically a boy himself. An armed boy, he reminded himself.

“Look, I’m still looking into Jay Kapoor.” When the young man didn’t respond, Adam added, “The dead man? I’m meeting up with Sam Burke, Diplomatic Security, later this morning, over at Jay’s office.”

“You mean Senator Marshall’s office?” Fitzpatrick asked the question, but Liu turned and glared at Adam again.

“Yes, Senator Marshall’s office,” Adam answered slowly, nodding. “Do you have a problem with that?”

Fitzpatrick turned his lips down as he shrugged. “We’re getting the impression, Detective, that you’re not showing a whole lot of respect for the process, for the way we handle things here.” He raised an eyebrow at Adam. “Are you?”

“What are you talking about?”

“We got a call from Ambassador Saint-Amand. It seems you were in his house. Talking to his staff. Without his permission.”

So that’s what this was about. Turf. And maybe international relations, he had to admit, since he had technically conducted an investigation on foreign soil without permission. Adam shifted in his seat as he glanced first at Fitzpatrick, then at Liu, then back to Fitzpatrick.

Fitzpatrick grinned. “I take your silence as admission, Detective.”

“Okay, I was there.” Adam nodded. “Now what happens?”

“Nothing. Yet,” Fitzpatrick answered, but Liu snorted as Fitzpatrick spoke, making his disdain for the situation clear. Fitzpatrick glanced at Liu and grinned, then continued, “Apparently the ambassador doesn’t want to make an international scene out of this. Yet.”

He looked away from Adam, his attention on the pedestrians swarming along the sidewalk, moving to and from Dupont Circle. “He seems to like you, Detective. Though I can’t imagine why.”

Adam let his breath out. “That’s good. I’ll bear that in mind.”

“That’s not good, Detective. We don’t think there’s a lot you can add to this investigation.” Fitzpatrick turned back to face Adam and smiled broadly. “Especially if you’re going to run roughshod over the law. We appreciate you coming down, but perhaps it would be better if you wrapped things up here and headed back to Philadelphia.”

Adam looked at the man sitting next to him. Young. Bold. Cocksure of himself. Adam grinned. “I’m here on the instructions of my deputy commissioner, at the request of the DC police commissioner.

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