CHAPTER 12
"If you're not too busy hunting for missing relatives and cheating spouses, then Grace might have some work for you," I said to Duke. "You interested?" We'd just finished a quick lunch down the street and were on our way back to my office. I was driving, of course.
"If the money's green, I'm on the scene." Duke always laughed at his own jokes. He appreciated having an audience, but he didn't really need one.
"I figured," I said. "I can't tell you much about it--except that he is a big fish, well-connected, powerful, and he's hiding something. Also, there may or may not be Russian assassins after him."
Duke gave a loud hoot. "Hell, Jamie, I'd pay to get in on that one!"
"Sure, death by radiation poisoning sounds like fun to me, too." I had just pulled into my parking space w
