Chapter 4
THE CASE OF RADEK’S WIFE
For the first three years following the end of the war, I still ran an ad in the papers: Dan Kočí, alias Stanley Pinkerton Detective Agency. Services eminently professional, and eminently discreet. All types of investigations, as well as highly specialised tasks.
For the longest time, my only sidearm was a camera with a flashbulb. But when I used the flash — and here I’m speaking of those highly specialised tasks — the adulterous couple caught in flagranti were well aware of the fact that the jig was up, and that the next step was divorce proceedings, in which the plaintiff would be cutting the adulterer off from any little portion gained through marriage or dowry. But more frequently, it so happened that my client didn’t want the flash used, but merel
