Sheldon, Sidney - Morning, Noon, and Night by Sheldon Sidney

Author:Sheldon, Sidney
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2006-04-23T03:18:10+00:00

328 get me

Lieutenant Michael Kennedy of the Boston police., A, few minutes later,

she buzzed Steve. ' Kennedy is on line one.' Steve picked up the phone.

'. Thank you for taking my call. I'm Steve Sloane with Renquist,

Renquist, & Fitzgerald. We're trying to locate a relative in the matter

of the Harry Stanford estate.' '. Sloane, I'd be glad to help if I can.'

', you please check with the New York City police to see if they have

any files on Mrs. Woodrow Stanford's brother. His name is Hoop

Malkovich. He works in a bakery in the Bronx.' ' problem.

I'll get back

to you.' '.' After lunch, Simon Fitzgerald stopped by Steve's office.

''s the investigation going?' he asked. ' slow to suit me.

Whoever

planned this covered his or her tracks pretty thoroughly.'

' is Julia

holding upt Steve smiled. ''s wonderful.' There was something in the

tone of his voice that made Simon Fitzgerald take a closer look at him.

''s a very attractive young lady.' ' know,' Steve said wistfully. '

know.' 329 An hour later, the call came in from Australia.

'. Sloanet '.

' Inspector Mcphearson here from Sydney.' ', Chief Inspector.' ' found

your man.' Steve felt his heart jump. ''s wonderful! I'd like to arrange

immediate extradition to bring him ...' ', I don't think there's any

hurry. Dmitri Kaminsky is dead.' Steve felt his heart sink.

'91hat?' ' found his body a little while ago. His fingers had been

chopped off, and he had been. shot several times.' '

Russian gangs have

a quaint custom. First they chop off your fingers, then they let you

bleed, and then they shoot you.' ' see. Thank you, inspector! Dead end

Steve sat there, staring at the wall. All his leads were

disappearing.

He realized how heavily he had been counting on Dmitri Kaminsky's

testimony. Steve's secretary interrupted his thoughts. ''s a Mr. Timmons

for you on line three.' Steve looked at his watch. It was 5:55 P.m. He

picked up the telephone. '. Timmonst ' ... I'm sorry I couldn't return

your calls earlier. I've been out of town for the past two days. What

can I do for yout 330 A lot, Steve thought. You can tell me how youfaked

thosefingerprints. Steve chose his words carefully. ''m calling about

Julia Stanford. When you were in Boston recently, you checked out her

fingerprints and .. '. Sloane ...' ' ''ve never been in Boston.' Steve

took a deep breath. '. Timmons, -according to the register at the

Holiday Inn, you were here on .. ' has been using my name.' Steve

listened, stunned. It was the final dead end, the last lead. ' don't

suppose you have any idea who it is?, ', it's very strange, Mr. Sloane.

A woman claimed that I was in Boston and that I could identify her as

Julia Stanford. I'd never seen her before in my life.'

Steve felt a

surge of hope. ' you know who she 1st '. Her name is Posner. Margo

Posner.' Steve picked up a pen. ' can I reach hert ''s at the Reed

Mental Health Facility in Chicago., ' a lot. I really appreciate this.'

''s keep in touch. I'd like to know what's going on myself.

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