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1 I t is exactly midnight, which means Mother’s Day has ju
2 M onsignor Devon MacKenzie ruefully commented to visitor
3 E very year for the past nine years, Aaron Klein had mad
4 O n Monday morning, carrying the note Mack had dropped i
5 F or twenty years, Gus and Lil Kramer, now in their earl
6 O n Monday afternoon, Detective Roy Barrott’s shift was
7 U ncle Dev had told Elliott Wallace about the note Mack
8 S ixty-seven-year-old retired surgeon Dr. David Andrews
9 O n Wednesday morning, as eleven o’clock drew near, Lil
10 I ’m not really sure what I expected when I walked into
11 I n a weary voice, Dr. David Andrews said, “Detective B
12 A fter I left the apartment building where Mack had liv
13 A aron Klein had been working for Wallace and Madison f
14 N icholas DeMarco, owner of the trendy club the Woodshe
15 A s I was leaving the Sutton Place apartment, my cell p
16 L il Kramer had been nervous from the moment Carolyn Ma
17 B ruce Galbraith always checked in with his secretary a
18 A fter his luncheon with Aaron Klein, Elliott Wallace w
19 L ate Wednesday afternoon and long into the night, grim
20 J ackie Reynolds has been my closest friend since the f
21 S ometimes the best thing about the moment he took a li
22 I t was Friday afternoon before I heard from Nick DeMar
23 E very Saturday morning. Howard Altman took his boss De
24 H ope is fading that Leesey Andrews will be found alive
25 I spent Saturday morning in Mack’s room in the Sutton
26 H e wondered if her father had heard the message yet. H
27 D octor, you’re sure that it is your sister’s voice on
28 H oward Altman gave careful thought about how he would
29 S unday morning I went to the last Mass at St. Francis
30 O h, come on, Poppa. You’re not really mad at me. You k
31 D etective Barrott had one good reason for tracking me
32 N ick DeMarco had spent an uneasy weekend. He did not w
33 O n Tuesday morning, Captain Larry Ahearn and Detective
34 M other was scheduled to fly home from Greece on Wednes
35 H e couldn’t get enough of the new media stories about
36 B ruce Galbraith and his wife, Dr. Barbara Hanover Galb
37 O n Wednesday evening, shortly after Mom and Elliott le
38 A ccompanied by his lawyer, Paul Murphy, Nick DeMarco r
39 A fter I left Lucas Reeves, I met Elliott at Thurston C
40 I f there was one person Lil Kramer disliked more than
41 D erek Olsen was far from being only the irascible, pet
42 G regg Andrews had set out a pattern for himself, and h
43 O n Saturday morning he was overcome with one of his pe
44 E arly Saturday morning, Gregg Andrews called Larry Ahe
45 H oward Altman was well aware of his boss’s shifting lo
46 I had barely slept Friday night, and the six A.M. call
47 D r. David Andrews had not left his home in Greenwich s
48 E xhaustion was forgotten as Larry Ahearn played the ta
49 O n Sunday morning, using the service entrance to duck
50 L ucas Reeves had not taken the weekend off. He had spe
51 D etective Bob Gaylor began searching for Zach Winters
52 T rue to his word, Derek Olsen arrived at Elliott Walla
53 L ate on Monday morning, I drove up to Mack’s old apart
54 O n Saturday evening, after he was sure Steve had left
55 A t noon on Monday, Detective Bob Gaylor received a pho
56 W ith a satisfied smile, Derek Olsen signed the last of
57 A fter I left the Kramers’, I drove straight into the g
58 A t 4:30 P.M. Nick DeMarco was in his midtown office wh
59 A nd the walls came tumbling down…” Was that an old gos
60 M artha’s Vineyard is about three hundred miles northea
61 A t three o’clock on Wednesday morning, as he was drivi
62 T he horror of the recording of Leesey’s final good-bye
63 A fter my shouting match with Detective Barrott, I went
64 L il and Gus Kramer sat nervously rigid in Captain Larr
65 T he other phone call after I finished speaking with Ni
66 A ll afternoon, either alone or in pairs, the members o
67 A s I expected, the sanitarium where Mom was staying wa
68 T here he is,” Barrott exclaimed, “on the street in fro
69 L ucas Reeves did not sleep well on Wednesday night. “L
70 I pulled on slacks, slipped my feet in sandals, grabbe
71 W ith his ever-increasing arthritis, Derek Olsen often
72 O nce again, Carolyn was not answering her cell phone.
73 T hank you for seeing us, Mr. Wallace,” Barrott said po
74 L arry Ahearn was in the squad room when the call came
75 D erek Olsen, camp chair in hand, was about to go out a
76 H e came down to the basement three times during that l
77 W e’ve got him. He’s on 104th and Riverside Drive,” Lar
78 T he ceiling was falling around us. I pulled myself up
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