"Mountains between here and Washington State, right?" McGrath said. "So let's assume they're not in Washington State yet. Or Oregon. Or California. Or Alaska or Hawaii. So we've cut it down already. Only forty-five states to call, right? Let's go to work. "
"They might have gone to Canada," Brogan said. "Or Mexico, or a boat or a plane. "
Milosevic shrugged and took the atlas from him.
"You're too pessimistic," he said again.
"Needle in a damn haystack," Brogan said back.
THREE FLOORS ABOVE them, the Bureau fingerprint technicians were looking at the paintbrush Brogan had brought in. It had been used once only, by a fairly clumsy guy. The paint was matted up in the bristles, and had run onto the mild steel ferrule which bound the bristles into the wooden handle. The guy had used an ac
