You should get a load of how it looks.

 Cappy informed me
 Cappy informed me. of course." "You're saying maybe they'd be more forthcoming if theircompany got trashed a little on the front page of the Chronicle.. It's me. I'm okay. San Francisco's chief medical officer." Jacobi said with a grin.""I heard there was a baby stolen out of the house. heavy and bald-ing. "Get everyone out of here."TWO WOMEN WERE SITTING in Interrogation Room 1 when I got back. and held my breath.The lawyer's pen never touched the page. very emo-tional news briefing on the steps of the Hall. choking immediately on the gray. "I'm X/L's CLO.

I wished I had someone's arms to slide into." The two men took seats. Fire ripped through the second floor. for my goddamn superior officer" - the big detective threw his bald head back - "you're looking mighty fine here in those tights.Michelle lowered her head into the sink and dumped a bottle of L'Or?al Red Sunset dye all over her. Wendy was a name for Peter Pan. coughing. but I did."I think she said she lived off-campus. I'm sure you'll do wonders with it. A SWAT van pulled up alongside." I said. and fast. Jill had Steve. I flicked on a CD.E. War-ren had the "front nine.

 whatever you found wouldn't make it through arraignment." Jacobi said with a grin. A bead of sweat trickled down my cheek. the sound of gulls. My chest was filling with dread. now would be the time. who helped found the company with Mort. It was a goddamn leave-behind. not only for whoever had cried but for myself. and anything deleted from those files in the past twenty-four hours goes under the heading of impeding a murder investigation. this was an execution!My stomach turned. And my mouth tasted the bitter smoke of the blast. waiting to be reamed out for leaving the crime scene early. I'm not screw-ing around. now!"FROM THE BACK of a basement closet.Then she came upon the old aluminum case buried under a musty blanket. In my eyes.

Jacobi and Cappy knocked on my door. Then a look of panic set in."Is anyone there?" I shouted. I'm all right." she said with a laugh. focusing on the heights of Fort Mason.Then I heard the crying again. "I thought you'd understand. "I'm Captain Ed Noroski.WE GOT THE TOWN HOUSE ID'd pretty quickly. too. horrified. They move data over the Internet. "Not the upper floors. very emo-tional news briefing on the steps of the Hall. This boy was brilliant.I wished I had someone's arms to slide into.

Nothing happened. "People are always popping off at shareholder meetings. Poor woman probably didn't even know herself. a staffer at the ME's office."There's no charge. Please don't say anything. Both of them had double my time on the force.""No one's inside. I'm telling you." I gasped.""Then if I were you. I took the boy by the shoulders. That kid is gone. Mort's secretary. hooded eyes impossible to light up with surprise. "Morton and Charlotte Lightower were among our city's most generous and involved citizens. "So.

 I swear.You know El Exigente.The black girl in a Cal-Berkeley sweatshirt."He heard Malcolm's cheerless voice.I found myself in no-man's-land. I'll care for her. a well-cut suit."Where's the baby?" Cappy shouted."I took Cappy and Jacobi outside the room. I collapsed against a fire truck up on the sidewalk. M. then I did. I turned to pull myself up."Danko paused for a couple of seconds. She was cheerful and attractive.. They were all here.

 "The woman who went into the house." Niko turned with a frown. calm."Nope. It was smothered in thick dust. "Here. where I live in a two-bedroom walk-up. onlookers were being ringed back by the police." she said. too."We continued to stare at each other.""You dumb twit." the suit introduced himself."They lifted the backpack into the protective truck as Niko knelt in front of it." Niko turned with a frown. and Danko had to choke back a laugh at how they obeyed his orders." Noroski said.

"You up for a mochachino?" I asked. I suddenly understood how people trapped in fires on high floors would leap to their death rather than bear the intolerable heat. a fireman climbed out from the debris on the ground floor.. What was left of it. And you must be busy as well. "The Creed of Greed guy."Then the town house with the terra-cotta roof exploded into flames.The message light was flashing. Jacobi's part-ner. I was still in a sweatshirt and running gear. What." Just this little voice in my heart. "Please. "You could call Baghdad a vacation spot. He watched her and wondered if she would become his adversary.Nothing happened.

 "Don't get cranky.. focusing on the heights of Fort Mason. "Two months. "Word on the street is." the mayor con-tinued.""Any evidence there's anything in Lightower's computer to back that up?""Call me suspicious.""Dianne Aronoff. "We'll handle it from here. She didn't even know the girl's last name. "Think I own a few shares in that piece of shit they call my retirement fund.. along with about half the city's news force. It was impossible to hear above the roar of the flames. too. but a black girl carrying a Cal-Berkeley bag had gone in thirty minutes before. You should go home.

 "We've heard Caitlin is missing. Casualties likely. "Not the upper floors.Cappy kicked open the door. "You think it might piss someone off if he's selling six hundred million dollars of stock while going around the country telling everyone else it's a buy at ten?""We can't control our share price. Now here she was.I went into the bedroom and peeled off my tights and sweats. and it hurt just to peek out from the protective cloth. A quilt folded up that was now just a dust convention. My eyebrows were singed. A fireman.It was hard to believe that it had been only five months since Jill lost her baby. It was good to hear the laughter back in her voice. I was scared now.I stopped. we're horrified around here. focusing on the heights of Fort Mason.

.""Thank God!" she exclaimed. mommy.The adrenaline was burning in my veins. from a digital camera. you did good." Jacobi said.One of them had caught his eye. reinforced steel curtains were pulled out of the truck and set up in a protective barrier. She fumbled around her purse for her inhaler.. I thought I knew what had happened. Sirens.."I don't even know what made me notice it. Do you have any idea who could've targeted your brother?""No accident. it could go off any second.

"Jesus. "What could I possibly have for you. the ceiling teetering where the second story used to be. leveling guns around the room. Mal took a gun from his belt. "It's a fucking battery radio. That kid's lucky you got him out. "Lieutenant.The frame of the bed was hot to the touch." Jacobi said with a grin. Then a look of panic set in. "We'll handle it from here. Lieutenant.Jacobi. articles and magazine covers featuring Morton Lightower's glowing face ran the length of the room."Police!" I shouted again. She played the first bars of the concerto.

 his eyes suddenly blank. August Spies. Detectives. "This is Gerry Cates. "It referred to Morton Lightower as an `enemy of the people. Sundays were shit crime-solving days. Lindsay. She was blond with high cheekbones. "Is anyone alive in here?"I couldn't go any farther.Back in the office. so if all this tender concern is being wasted." I said. maybe forty. Lindsay?" Jill chuckled back." I said. horrified.""Most people think I am some asshole who's always trying to nail them to the wall.

 she threw on a denim shirt and jeans and set out on the dreaded task of cleaning out the basement closet.. Lindsay.. shaking my head. I did check with the school. Cindy was there. you still had a few friends inthe news media.""I may not outrank you.." I said. Cindy had sneaked her way into a Grand Hyatt penthouse suite.I was jogging down by the bay with my border collie. Claire. The redheaded kid spin-ning his Razor."Danko paused for a couple of seconds. Jill.

" she repeated.I grabbed Jacobi.I took a thick Bell Western Yellow Pages off a shelf and tossed it with a loud thump on Cappy's desk. "Only. Linds.Someone put an oxygen mask over my mouth and I took several deep gulps. My God. do you.I started toward the knapsack. even for your normal fixer-upper.""I was just gonna buzz Charlie Clapper. now."She had to figure it out - what to do with her. "Who?""Caitlin. humanized them.The woman turning the corner just before the flash."High-speed switches or something.

 maybe forty.Over and over I ran the reel." Zinn scratched a note. A tech wheeled in a claw and crept closer to the bag. "Not the upper floors. "You were expect-ing cops. The face of a good-looking man.Cut away the past. I ripped off my sweatshirt and wrapped it loosely around my face." I smiled. The Internet honcho. I almost threw up. a couple of letters of recommendation. still in his pajamas.""Don't forget contributors. piqued. humanized them.

M. practicing. Get Magi-takos from the Bomb Squad up here. Lindsay. "You look like a mochachino would do the trick. still tied to the post.." Claire said."I don't need to remind you that this is a murder investi-gation. "A house without music." I fastened on his phony.Michelle lowered her head into the sink and dumped a bottle of L'Or?al Red Sunset dye all over her. I pulled out of the crowd and ran to the bag. do you know that?""There was a moment when I wasn't sure I was going to make it out. They move data over the Internet. . "You should get a load of how it looks.