Vegas Knights by Will Graham

Author:Will Graham [Graham, Will]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781724449443
Published: 2018-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

“Long Shot”

After leaving the morgue and its grisly contents, we drove over to The Flamingo to ask and see if any redheads had disappeared or been gone longer than expected. Cocktail waitresses, food waitresses, slot machine girls, dealers, bartenders. Being the first day of the New Year, we came up with zero. There was no way in the world for anyone to know for certain where anyone else was; not even the Personnel Office could help us. They didn’t really track vacation time, especially during the holidays.

“This was a waste of time,” David bitched. “You’d think they’d keep better track of their employees.”

“Some places do, some places don’t,” I said. “Buckingham’s doesn’t, not really. It’s a matter of trust. I trust my people, they trust me. It works out nicely. Besides, on top of all this, we still have to find out who was trying to kill us, in case you forgot about that.”

“I didn’t forget. All of this just kind of took my mind away for a bit.”

“I’m open to ideas,” I said. “Why try and kill us and aim high enough to leave Moira untouched? “

“That’s a more than fair question. Don’t have the answer yet, but we will, and soon. I don’t like walking around like I have a target painted on my back.”

“Neither do I,” I replied. “So, which comes first? Us or her?”

“One thing at a time,” he said. “If we settle this thing about who is trying to kill us, that will free me up to look into the murders. All we can really do is poke around a little bit. Maybe we can ask about both at once.”

“You have any ideas where to start?”

“Not at the moment,” he said. “I was hoping you’d come up with something brilliant.”

“The thought occurred to me I’ve heard about a guy who works out of The Showboat who specializes in selling illegal weapons.”

“Do you know him?

“Only by reputation. Whoever it was that took a shot at us had to have some high powered weaponry. A rifle, maybe even a customized sniper’s rifle. No way in hell could anyone make a shot like that with a pistol.”

“How do we find him?”

“I’ll show you.

We headed for The Showboat on the north end of Boulder Highway. The exterior was inspired by the old steamboats of a bygone era. One of the smaller hotels in the city, there were only one hundred hotel rooms available, but the casino itself was monstrous.

When we walked in, the Keno area was jammed full of people hoping for the big win. Heading for the coffee shop, we took a table and waited. Giant boards were set up along the walls so you could play Keno while eating breakfast or lunch. Maybe even dinner. It was deliberately designed to draw in local customers, as opposed to the hotels on The Strip that went for the major stars and high rollers. There was a sign in front that read Please Seat Yourself. The back of the room was almost deserted, I led the way over to it.

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