Аннотация
Brian Haig
Man in the middle
CHAPTER ONE
Lateness can be a virtue or a sin.
Arrive late to a party, for instance, and that's fashionable. Arrive late for your own funeral and people envy your good fortune. But come late to a possible murder investigation and you have a career problem.
But nearly every problem has a solution, and I turned to the attractive lady in the brown and tan suit who was standing beside me and asked, "Come here often?"
"Hey, that's very funny." She was not laughing, or even smiling.
"It's my best line."
"Is it?"
"You'd be surprised how often it works."
"You're right," she observed. "I'd be surprised." She placed a hand over her mouth and laughed quietly, or maybe yawned.
I stuck out my hand and introduced myself. "Sean Drummond," then added less truthfully, "Special Agent Drummond. FBI."
"Bian Tran." She ignored my hand, and was trying to ignore me.
"Pretty name."
"Is it?"
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