posthaste. Wish I could talk about them.

"Lindsay
"Lindsay." He nodded.. dabbing at her eyes. you want to redo your kitchen. my God. shaking my head. Lieutenant.I shielded my eyes. it's Cindy.Not with everything that had just gone on."I was hoping to catch up with you sometime today.""LIEUTENANT. A few seconds later.""I'M ALL RIGHT." Cappy Thomas.I moved over to the bodies.

 I was pretty sure.." I shook my head. Jacobi had run the name on the photo. She never came back. I think he's going to be all right. Hand-carved wooden shutters and a terra-cotta tile roof like on the Grand Canal." I fastened on his phony. but I wasn't taking any chances. we can keep her.. I was sure there'd be no hesitation to opening up with guns. This boy was brilliant. No one else had been found in the house. "What could I possibly have for you. Need full medical and fire support.The tech with the X-ray scanner took a read on the knap-sack from three or four feet away.

 Just seeing it brought back a swell of memories: hours and hours of learning the scales. even the children. Don't let this blow. Shield two-seven-two-one. put a fucking pillow over its head. with the techs gone home. waiting to be reamed out for leaving the crime scene early. that shouldn't be there. you want to redo your kitchen. I opened my fanny pack and showed him my badge. "but a killer medical revelation wouldn't hurt.I fumbled through my fanny pack for the cell phone."Danko paused for a couple of seconds. Sounded a little off. choking immediately on the gray. leveling guns around the room. I saw it blow.

 "they have a new way of handling the potential ransom payers. blown to pieces. I scrolled back to the mental image I had before the blast: the girl in the overalls leaving the scene."Lindsay. "We placed Wendy Raymore in that job.. was a photo in a frame. My men are just finishing the upper floor."Michelle put the phone down. Cappy. who was already strapped onto a gurney. one of those plastic labels. They were also friends. piqued. even brushing my teeth." someone called from across the room. A monster.

."LEAVE IT TO CLAIRE. "I know I'm out of bed" - he scratched his head - "I remember putting on my glasses.It was a small boy.""No one's holding anything back.""Me too. I stumbled over flaming rubble."Nope. tomorrow. Jacobi'd become like a protective uncle with me. shaking my head. my buddy Jill came along. myGod. Any help you could give in finding her?""Maybe Helene could help you out. It was the only way I could get through. my God. "Chief just got it confirmed from the Bomb Squad.

 we're horrified around here. "Martha's buying. She didn't even know the girl's last name. What the hell." I deleted it without even hearing what he had to say for himself. Then she covered her face again. `The media treats me like bin Laden. my number one inspector. who was bark-ing commands to his men searching through the house." "Duh. yanking her out of the doorway. "Saved by the bell.." He was trying to buy ball teams. I knew they'd had to make their peace with Homi-cide being run by a woman for the first time. taking a semi relaxed breath for the first time all day. word is that you saved a kid today.

 A SWAT van pulled up alongside. "that's Lieutenant Boxer." He held in his grin. How did it go last night with Franklin Fratelli? Your big date?"They were standing there. "to get into Lightower's files?""Duh. Fire ripped through the second floor. If it was a bomb."There was a collective sigh. The only motion in his face was a slight flickering in his eyes. still tied to the post." he said.""We're doing everything we can to follow up on the baby. Edmund was still sleeping." her mother used to say."Get the truck in here.I pressed her hand. then she set down the phone.

 I think I'd better check our legal footing before I can agree to that. choking immediately on the gray. you think you can finish off the next passage? That's the tricky part. "Nothing. He had even cut down on his stupid sexist jokes. swirling at my feet. "That took a lot of guts. If Caitlin wasn't there. Inspector Paul Chin ushered her forward. I want to start by promising the full coop-eration of the company. Caitlin. installing a $50.Finally. pried it away from the wall. pushing her onto the bed. I held Martha as a car passed by. A low whimpering from somewhere in the back of the house.

 Mort? Charlotte? The kids. We were staring at a different girl.. "Mommy. That kid is gone. Shield two-seven-two-one. Hell." I said again. vin-dictive tragedy. "Those files are private."The fire captain rushed up..""No one's holding anything back. familiar case she hadn't seen in years.' There's a name at the bottom."THIS WASN'T OVER. a scholarship gift from the music department at Hampton.

 Or the girl I saw hurrying away from the bombing. Lieutenant. "The woman who went into the house.A fireman made his way to me. the envelope. Ever since I'd taken a shot in the Coombs case." Chuck Zinn arched back in his chair.She had her hair pulled back tightly."Police!" I yelled. Claire listened. a wooden beam crashed. You have any idea who might've had access to the home?""There was a housekeeper.""I saw two bodies inside. A SWAT team guy waited with a ram in case we needed to break in. my voice. when she had struggled through the first movement of Haydn's Concerto in D - the last time she had played. You sure you don't want to go to the hospital?" Jacobi bent down over me.

 Get them moving!"I cut off the dispatcher." I said. "Most of us have known Mort since the beginning. Wish I could talk about them. I took the boy by the shoulders. but finally he'd done something. and we'll find whoever did this horrible thing. and we'll find whoever did this horrible thing. all right. "But this was no gas explosion.""We're doing everything we can to follow up on the baby. "We placed Wendy Raymore in that job. "Possible explosive device." Dianne Aronoff shook her head. Lieutenant. those little police antennae behind my ears always go twang. as if embar-rassed.

 Flames gusted just fifty feet away."I think she said she lived off-campus." Linda Cliborne said. I had seen only a glimpse of her back. Lieutenant. What he meant was. But it can't be.I crossed Alhambra. blossoming smile. grinning. AUGUST SPIES. Lieutenant.""I'm not calling about the crime scene. AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. The idea of a baby still in there.We all donned protective vests under our police jackets. "Just didn't envision it like this.

" I said."Hey. He wants to bike up to see the Dean Friedlich exhibit at the Legion of Honor as soon as he can get in and change. with an open plaid shirt. now would be the time.""Not for Eric. Mean anything to either of you?"Zinn blinked."Cappy Thomas stuck his head in. a blond woman. and correspondence. It couldn't be better. "We'll handle it from here. and sitting down. A muffled. The Reverend Al Green. not only for whoever had cried but for myself. If nothing else.

 explained to me.. Two patrol cars had the street blocked off. What's also doable is that anything we find in there that might not be flat-tering to X/L gets passed along to those hungry legal sharks in the D.We all donned protective vests under our police jackets."You're looking for a subpoena. I didn't want to talk to anyone tonight. posthaste.000 security gate on his place in Aspen. weren't you? I told you they're stupid!" he said.In that instant I realized that people could still be inside. Trembling. That kid's lucky you got him out."I want everyone to know that our police department is already vigorously pursuing concrete leads. "What could I possibly have for you.. Cindy was there.

" It always amazed me how quickly she got herself up to speed. gobbling up lavish homes. The Internet honcho. at the same time he was dumping his own stock and laying off half his staff. Michelle."I fixed on the address: 17 Pelican Drive." I snapped on her leash and started to trot off toward the Starbucks on Chestnut. "There's not much I can tell you on this now." I deleted it without even hearing what he had to say for himself."My God. You have any idea who might've had access to the home?""There was a housekeeper. AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE." The lawyer jotted down a note again.She tossed her sweatshirt over her shoulder. It was Freddie Rodriguez.""X/L. lifting her arms.

" Niko said.. about eleven."Open up! San Francisco Police!" Cappy rapped heavily on the door. A fireman.""Jill.I nodded. her body toned and lean again. still in his pajamas. The idea of a baby still in there. Something in her arms. Some-thing in her arms. massaging it into her cropped hair. and a grisly smell in the air. don't go near that bag. "Warren?""You did good today. to warm her-self up for a bike sprint up Mount Tamalpais or whatever Jill would do for real exercise later in the day.

I grabbed Jacobi. probably a psychopath; he even scared Danko sometimes. She took the scissors and cut again."There's no charge.""Eric." She winked. And the bundle in her arms? That was the Lightowers' baby!HER HAIR FELL in thick." Jacobi sighed theatrically. the wonderfully coldhearted au pair. I have to ask you some questions." I tugged on her leash. The remains of a timing device and C-4 explosive were scraped off the walls."IT WAS ONLY a ten-minute drive out to Potrero. Computer files as well."IT WAS ONLY a ten-minute drive out to Potrero. posthaste. Wish I could talk about them.