Dachshund Through the Snow by David Rosenfelt

Author:David Rosenfelt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

The truth is that the Paterson Police have no chance of getting Arrant.

That’s not even a criticism of them. If the entire world has been looking for him for a decade, he’s not about to let himself get nabbed by a Jersey police department.

It’s even questionable whether catching him would help us. He doesn’t sound like the type to wilt and tell all because the cops are shining a hot light on him. And he’d probably be in custody for about twenty minutes before the FBI would come in and take him away. We’d have as much access to him then as we do now.

We’re going to somehow have to connect him to our case without physically having him, or talking to him. I just wish I knew how.

With Holzer, Taillon, and Siroka out of the way, Arrant may even have already left the area. This does not sound like a guy who overstays his welcome; for all I know he could be in Lithuania by now.

I am interested in how he came to view Holzer as a danger. I understand that Holzer had been asking around about him, but Holzer was a local street guy whose base of operations was a downtown bar. Somehow Arrant must have been tied into that world, enabling him to access information, as unlikely as it may seem.

“Maybe we should call Cindy Spodek,” Laurie suggests after dinner, and after Ricky has gone to his room to do homework. Cindy is an FBI agent, number two in the Boston Bureau, who we have exchanged information with in the past. She’s a good friend of Laurie’s and a semi-good friend of mine.

“Maybe … let me think about it,” I say.

“What’s the downside?”

“It could set off a chain reaction that would make Arrant aware that we know about him. I doubt he could know that Holzer mentioned his name to us, so he would have no reason to see us as a threat.”

“I disagree. Remember, he’s the one who most likely ordered Taillon to get you followed.”

I nod; she has a point. “Okay. Let me think about it. Maybe we’ll call Cindy tomorrow. For now I need to walk and think.”

She knows what I mean: I do my best thinking, such as it is, while walking Tara and Sebastian in the park. “I still think we should have you protected; just in case,” she says.

I’m always torn in situations like this. I want to be protected, because it feels very protective. But I never want to admit it, especially to Laurie. Which is ridiculous, since she knows better than anyone that I am totally unable to protect myself. “I’ll think about it,” I finally say.

So Tara, Sebastian, and I head for Eastside Park. I’m not sure why I think so much more clearly in these circumstances. It’s not that I’m at home in nature, such as it is. No one is going to confuse Eastside and Yellowstone Parks. But something about the quiet and tranquility, especially at night, helps me concentrate without exerting effort to do so.

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