Conviction by Tom Clancy; David Michaels

Author:Tom Clancy; David Michaels
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery & Detective, Intelligence officers, General, United States, Suspense, Espionage, Thrillers, Suspense fiction, Fiction, Spy stories, Adventure fiction
ISBN: 9780425231043
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2009-10-27T10:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

The Lion and the Crocodile

GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT

1995

Frank Garr picked up a copy of my story about Michael, took it with him as he drove to Bridgeport, walked into his office, and began reading.

“Holy shit,” he said to himself.

He had never seen Murphy’s report or even heard of it. What Tommy had said about spending an additional twenty minutes with Martha was surprising enough. But here was Michael throwing stones at Martha’s window and then placing himself at the murder scene. The fucking murder scene.

Article in hand, Frank rushed into Donald Browne’s office. This showed, he said, that he had been right all along about Michael. And, Frank said to himself, because he couldn’t say it to Browne, Jack Solomon had as usual had his head up his butt chasing Littleton.

Not that Frank fully accepted Michael’s new story. He didn’t think Michael was telling the full truth. Michael threw stones at Martha’s window? He just happened to be passing the murder scene? He heard noises, got scared, and ran home? No, there had to be more to it.

No, part of what Michael had told Murphy and Krebs was bullshit, Frank believed. But which part? There was simply no reason to place himself at the murder scene. Michael had to have been afraid of something. Krebs, the six-foot-seven-inch ex–New York City police lieutenant, had probably said something that had scared the shit out of him.

Frank knew Krebs. At the beginning of their investigation, Murphy and Krebs had come up to Bridgeport, supposedly to share information about Littleton. Solomon had arranged the meeting and prodded Frank into it. Anything that had to do with Littleton had excited Jack.

“They’re not going to share,” Frank had warned him. “They just want to know what we have.” And Frank had been right. Nothing had come of it.

“Interesting,” Browne said as he looked over the article Frank had handed him. Interesting? Nothing more? Frank was surprised. No, he was stunned.

Granted, Browne was not a demonstrative man. He barely acknowledged attorneys who had worked for him for years. Still, Frank felt this was the break they had been waiting for. It was, in effect, Michael’s unspoken confession. He was placing himself at the murder scene and all Browne said was “Interesting”?

It was then that Frank decided to call me. It’s unusual for a detective to contact a reporter about a homicide investigation. Sure, detectives use the media when they want to release a description or a picture of a suspect. In the Moxley case four years before, Frank and Solomon had called a news conference to announce a reward and the establishment of a tip line. That was accepted procedure.

But a detective making a personal call to a reporter on a murder case is like handling dynamite. No formal rules or codes exist, but detectives know to avoid reporters. Should a detective become chummy with a reporter and his name be mentioned, even inadvertently, in a newspaper article or on television without his superior’s approval, or should a

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