Chapter Eight
Detective Lancellotti made good on his promise. As I’d calculated, it didn’t take long to find Rudi’s clubs: The Astrid just outside of Florence, and the Dynamo across the Tiber in Rome, not far from Vatican City. He provided Signora Eugenia with the specifics and asked to be kept apprised of any pertinent information we uncovered. Figuring we’d get the runaround if we phoned, Signora Eugenia suggested we drive down. Since the clubs operated mainly on weekends, the exploratory trip wouldn’t interfere with my teaching schedule.
Despite the distractions, my lectures were being well received and attended, overcoming the teaching staff’s initial reservations that a visiting American might not be up to the task of illuminating Italians about their artistic heritage, overlooking
