By Conor Fitzgerald
ISBN-10: 1608190153
ISBN-13: 9781608190157
ISBN-10: 160819115X
ISBN-13: 9781608191154
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Look, I’m sorry about this . . ,” he began. His voice was louder than he had intended, his tone more pompous. The deliveryman suddenly held up a hand to cut him off in mid-sentence. Arturo was so taken aback that he stopped speaking at once. Then, realizing that he had just done the stranger’s bidding, he opened his mouth again to protest. The man took a step forward. He did have a light moustache. He pointed meaningfully to the closed front door, as if he and Arturo were in on some significant quest together.
Dorfmann continued. “Four wounds. Stomach, lower abdomen, throat, head—behind the orbital lobe. All of them potentially fatal. He was probably dead when the last blow came. The knife hand-guard left a sign in the lower abdomen, so it went in with some force. Probably right-handed. What are you doing here? I don’t see why I should repeat what I just told your dandy colleague. No evident bruising elsewhere, nothing sexual that I can see despite the open robe, though we’ll wait for the autopsy. ” The ME had to be referring to D’Amico.
Two of the towels were still folded and pristine; one stained as if something had been wiped on it, as Paoloni had said. A third had been unfolded then rolled into a snake shape and left near the door. “Nice towels,” offered D’Amico, who was standing near to the door. “By the way, I forgot to mention, the wife spoke to the victim at ten thirty this morning. On the phone. ” “The Holy Ghost knows this already. He was the one who told me. ” “Phone Dorfmann now. ” Blume went back to Paoloni at the body.
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