Front by Patricia Cornwell

Author:Patricia Cornwell [Cornwell, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Stump parks in an alley where they have a good view of DeGatetano & Sons, a scrapyard with mountains of twisted metal behind fencing topped with razor wire.

She says, “You see where we are?”

“I saw where we are before we got here. You must think I spend all my time hanging out in Cambridge coffee shops,” Win says.

Tough-looking customers are pulling up in trucks, vans, and cars, all loaded with aluminum, iron, brass, and, of course, copper. Eyes are furtive, guys filling grocery carts, pushing them inside the machine shop, vanishing into a noisy darkness.

“An unmarked Taurus in an alleyway?” she goes on. “We may as well be a Boeing 747. Maybe we should pay attention to our surroundings, because they’re sure as hell paying attention to us.”

“Then maybe you shouldn’t be so conspicuous,” he says.

“That’s what deterrents do. They’re conspicuous.”

“Right. Like chasing off cockroaches. Scare them from one corner to the next until they end up at the corner they started from. Why did you bring me here?”

“Chasing off cockroaches is exactly the impression I want people to have—want them to think I’m after petty thieves. Construction workers, installers, contractors, these dirtbags who pilfer metal from construction sites. Some of it scrap, a lot of it not. Bring it here, no IDs, no questions asked, paid in cash, the clients they rip off have no idea. Remind me never to remodel or build a house.”

“If you’re in and out of here on a regular basis, how come you need the GPS?” he says.

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