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ONE I t was always the same for her when she arrived to meet the body. After she unbuckled her sea
TWO N ikki Heat’s footsteps echoed back at her off the concrete tunnel as she ran. The passage was
THREE H eat and Rook trailed two steps behind Noah Paxton as he led them through the vacant office
FOUR N ikki didn’t go home following the movie after all. She stood on the sidewalk in the warm, s
FIVE T here is very little chance of a high-speed pursuit on any street in Midtown Manhattan. Dete
SIX N ikki stepped into the rooftop bar of the Soho House and wondered what her friend had been th
SEVEN E ven as she stood frozen in her hallway, Nikki’s first thought was that she hadn’t really h
EIGHT W hen Detective Heat nosed the Crown Vic out of underground parking at the Starr Pointe towe
NINE N ikki Heat’s apartment building was not the Guilford. It was not only a fraction of the size
TEN N ikki led him wordlessly into her bedroom and set the candle on her dresser, in front of the
ELEVEN T hirty minutes later, Detective Heat stepped off the Guilford’s elevator on six and strode
TWELVE T he three detectives and Rook maintained a tense silence as Nikki gas ’n’ gunned through c
THIRTEEN I n the precinct interrogation room, the biker, Brian Daniels, seemed more interested in
FOURTEEN R aley came back into the bullpen dangling his sport coat on one finger. His powder blue
FIFTEEN J ameson Rook stood in the precinct Observation Room staring in at Interrogation, where Ge
SIXTEEN N ikki was tucking in her blouse as she sailed down her front steps, raced to the cruiser,
SEVENTEEN T he receptionist at Starr Real Estate Development popped back on and told Detective Hea
EIGHTEEN O n their drive back from the M.E.’s office, Nikki didn’t need to turn around to know Roo
NINETEEN H eat, Raley, Ochoa, and Rook crossed through the lobby of the Guilford to the elevators.
TWENTY “S top squirming,” said Noah Paxton. Rook started to turn his head to say something to his
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS When I was an impressionable young latchkey lad, I had the good fortune of stumbli
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