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"Yes, he called, even asked for our murder books"

His voice was neutral, at best She could iine how the LAPD folk felt about the sheriffs’ detectives She said, "I spoke to Supervisor El with all concerned detectives would be fine and dandy Not his exact words" She grinned at him "I told him to consider it sort of like an orchestra that’s never played together, and I’ conductor"

"My idea of fun Hope there won’t be too hed "It’s odd, Agent Savich said the sa"

"Savich? I’ve heard of hiht?"

She nodded "That’s her And my Glock’s loaded, no worries"

"Always smart to be prepared You never knohat could happen with a Fed in theto plan a mission, could it?" He shot her a look that didn’t seem very full of confidence in her abilities

She only smiled "Probably not, but I think it’s worth a try, whatever happens Now, tell me more about Constance Morrissey"

Daniel raised an eyebrow, knowing she probably already knew all about her, down to the woman’s birthmark behind her left knee "Her life was ended on May third and I’ve got nothing, zip, zero She enty-five, divorced going on three years from a real loser--and yes, we checked on the ex-husband, called hio on the night she was a with him She was from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

"She didn’t have a steady boyfriend, lived in the Colony going on a year She could afford living there because Markhaed her only 200 arent would be at least seven thousand a e like that even came up for rent in the Colony So it makes sense they were more than friends"

"Did any of her friends, relatives, or Markham have any ideas about as on her laptop or cell?"

Daniel turned onto Pacific Coast Highway, not three blocks fro a s of relevance so far We’re co up on the Colony--it’s the hoity-toitiest spot to own a home in Malibu It’s been around--"

"Since the 1920s, when it was called the Malibu Motion Picture Colony All the early fil Crosby, Ronald Colman, Gary Cooper, Gloria Swanson, to naave hiuidebook on the plane out here?"

"Nah, my folks live in the Colony They’re both actors I was raised here After we look through Connie Morrissey’s house, we’ll drop by, see what they have to tell us, okay? Trust me, they know a lot"

He eyed her, then said slowly, "I wondered why a local LA Field Office agent wasn’t assigned to take over So, the powers that be in Fed-Land think because you were born into this in-crowd, you’d be the best bet"

"That was second-biggest reason I was sent rather than an agent froest reason?"