CHAPTER TWO
In the morning Lindsey phoned Oakland Police Headquarters and asked for Officer Gutiérrez. Gutiérrez wasn’t in so Lindsey asked if he could get a copy of the theft report on the Duesenberg. Gutiérrez had said Monday, but it couldn’t hurt to try. The operator said she’d transfer the call, but after a dozen rings Lindsey decided that nobody worked at headquarters on Sunday.
He didn’t like working on weekends himself, but Harden had really come down on him about this claim, and it looked like another of those make-or-break opportunities. International Surety could stall for a while, hoping that the Duesenberg would be recovered. But eventually, if the car didn’t turn up, they’d have to pay. Unless they could find an out, like proving contributory negligence. Leaving a car like t
