Alex Cross 32: Triple Cross by James Patterson
Author:James Patterson [Patterson, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 53
Washington, DC
THURSDAY MORNING, JOHN SAMPSON and I entered an Au Bon Pain on Tenth Street, not far from Metro PD headquarters.
Thomas Tull shot to his feet and waved to us from beside a small booth near the rear of the establishment.
Tull had craggy good looks and a solidly muscled body. A sliver under six feet, he was dressed casually in denim, and heâd let his sandy-brown hair go a little grayer than it was in his recent publicity photos, giving him a middle-aged Robert Redford quality. The writerâs steel-blue eyes danced over me as he smiled and stuck out a big hand.
âItâs an honor to meet you, Dr. Cross,â Tull said, fully engaging my eyes before turning to John. âAnd you too, Detective Sampson. A real honor.â
I have an expert nose for someone blowing smoke at me. But I didnât smell anything coming off Tull except goodwill and curiosity.
Sampson felt it as well and he smiled back. âYouâre the big-time writer, Mr. Tull.â
âThomas, please,â he said and gestured to the booth, where a carafe of coffee, clean cups, and a plate of breakfast rolls awaited. He slid in, still smiling, looking at each of us in turn as if trying to burn our images into his mind. Then he knocked his knuckles against the tabletop twice and put his right hand over his heart.
âDr. Cross, your lectures at the FBI Academy were a revelation to me. I first heard them when I was working for NCIS in San Diego,â Tull said. âAnd Detective Sampson, several of your investigations should be taught in every police academy in the country.â
âNice of you to say so,â I said.
Sampson nodded. âHow can we help?â
Tull flashed a thousand-watt smile at us, then grew serious, putting the palms of both hands on the table.
âLet me explain how I work,â he said. âFirst off, I am not here to second-guess you and I will never, ever reveal anything you might tell me about the Family Man murders without your explicit approval. Ever. I know how delicate an investigation like this is, and you donât need some clueless writer accidentally letting something critical slip.â
âComforting,â I said. âYouâre saying that youâll say nothing about the case until your book is written?â
âAnd vetted by each of you before itâs published,â Tull said. âYou may not like what Iâve written, but I will hide nothing from you.â
For the next ten minutes, the writer described how heâd worked with investigators in the research of his previous three books. In each one, he had signed an agreement stating that he would not disclose anything about the probe until it was complete. In return, he asked to be a fly on the wall as the case unfolded.
âYou mean, like, constantly?â Sampson asked. âThatâs not going to happen.â
âNo, of course not,â Tull said. âOnly in those instances where you think I need to be there in order to understand some new twist or breakthrough in the case.â
âI need to ask you a couple of questions first,â I said.
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