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But you didn’t know her Or she didn’t know you You were just John Smith in her book, marked as a new client

How did you choose her? And how are you going to pick the next one?

Just before nine, when Feeney knocked on her door, she was studying a map of Manhattan He stepped behind her, leaned over her shoulder, and breathed candy mints

“Thinking of relocating?”

“I’raphy Widen view five percent,” she ordered the coe adjusted “Firsttoward the tiny red pulses on Broadway and in the West Village “My place” There was a green pulse just off Ninth Avenue

“Your place?”

“He knohere I live He’s been there twice These are three places we can put hi I’d be able to confine the area, but he spreads hih, as she eased back in her chair “Three different systems Starr’s was all but nonexistent Electronic door to other residents, for a couple of weeks DeBlass had top grade, key code for entry, hand plate, full building security—audio and video Had to be breached on-site Our ti only hits one elevator, and the victim’s hallway Mine’s not as fancy I could breach the entry, any decent B and E ot a System Five thousand police lock on the door You have to be a real pro to pop it without the master code”

Druers on the desk, she scowled at the map “He’s a security expert, knows his weapons—old weapons, Feeney He’d cued in enough to departator within hours of the first hit He doesn’t leave fingerprints or bodily fluids Not even a fucking pubic hair What does that tell you?”

Feeney sucked air through his teeth, rocked back on his heels “Cop Military Maybe paraovernment security Could be a security hobbyist; there are plenty of them Possible professional criminal, but unlikely”

“Why unlikely?”

“If the guy wasoff crime, why murder? There’s no profit in either of these hits”

“So, he’s taking a vacation,” Eve said, but it didn’t play for her

“Maybe I’ve run known sex offenders, crossed with IRCCA Nobody pops who fits the MO You look at this report yet?” he asked, indicating the IRCCA transmission

“No Why?”

“I already tagged it this ht be surprised tha