CHAPTER SIXThe prestamisto should have been Rod Steiger with a moustache and sleeve garters and a green eye-shade, standing behind a barred window and smoking cigarettes furiously. Or maybe Ed Brophy in his trademark derby, or Jesse White with a cigar in the corner of his mouth.
No such luck.
Lindsey found himself wishing he could plan his strategy with Marvia Plum before talking with the prestamisto. Work out a plan with Marvia or with Captain Yamura or Sergeant Strombeck or even, heaven help him, with Ducky Richelieu in Denver. But he couldn’t interrupt the proceedings to place a phone call. Rodrigo Chocrón was too dicey a character for Lindsey to risk spooking him. Lindsey was relieved that he had turned off his own cell phone. Much as he would have welcomed a chance to talk over the
