George identified the dishes as containing, respectively, picadillo, black beans, rice, and fried plantains.
“Be sure you try some of everything, Bobby,” Noah said. “I assure you that it’s all good.”
“We haven’t actually had the plantains before,” Tom said, “but I’ve no doubt they will be as good as everything else. I thought you said you didn’t know how to make them, George?”
“Janet made them for us,” George said.
“Janet?” he said.
“Lieutenant Sanchez,” George said. “I think she was over here with Carl earlier today.”
“Oh yeah,” Tom said. “I thought she looked sort of Hispanic.”
“She’s half-Cuban and half-Irish.”
WHEN THEY WERE seated and digging into the food, George said, “I hope you don’t mind me bringing this up over dinner, but I have some preliminary autopsy results you migh
