West on 66 by James H. Cobb

Author:James H. Cobb [Cobb, James H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery
ISBN: 9780312206215
Google: 7IFLaA58SjoC
Amazon: 0312271301
Goodreads: 1953221
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1999-10-13T00:00:00+00:00

Johnny 32 Kingman did not give a howl in hell about volcanic geology. He'd been using this guidebook as a blueprint for a heist. Every notation he had made had a direct connection with some concrete aspect of his plan. A fast recheck verified that there was only one other notation in the book that didn't involve a location in a city or town.

And that was the murder site outside of Quapaw. I remembered my own words back in Oklahoma City: "... out-of-doors . . . somewhere near the highway where he could get at it fast." Lisette must have remembered this entry, and my thinking out loud must have made the connection for her. This was it. This had to be it!

I could visualize Johnny 32 grinning at his own inside joke as he underlined the passage ten years ago. I could also visualize his daughter rubbing those lines out just a couple of days back, sealing the secret away for herself.

I took a minute to memorize the entry and the mileage notations; then I switched out the light and went back to bed. I returned the guidebook to Lisette's bag, and I was just easing down onto the mattress when the even tempo of the girl's breathing broke.

"Everything all right?" she asked drowsily. "Everything's fine. I'm just a little restless, I guess." "Let me help." She nestled against me, a flow of bare satiny skin molding against my back from shoulder to the knee. Her arm lightly hooked around my chest, and I felt a gentle hug and the brush of her lips against the nape of my neck. "I'll keep you warm."

"Thanks, Princess. Go back to sleep." She already had. I could feel her slow, even breathing riffle my hair.

I stared out into the room's darkness again. So there was one of my problems solved. I'd broken the secret of the guidebook, and now I knew where the two hundred grand was hidden. Big friggin' deal.

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