Chapter 39: News From New York
Chapter 39
News From New York
Tico slept poorly, tossing all night. He’d gotten the reports from Brooklyn and the Bronx, and now he had to deliver that news to Carlos. It would not be a good day. He dressed, drank his coffee, then went to tell Carlos. Tico arrived as Carlos was finishing the third cup of coffee.
Carlos waved Tico in. “What have you got for me?”
“News from New York.” Tico took a deep breath. “Technically Detective Gianelli was Dominic Mangini’s neighbor. Her mother, Maria Gianelli, died eighteen years ago.”
Carlos’ eyebrows raised to a point, and he stood to pace. “Technically?”
Tico struggled. “One source says that Dominic Mangini used to date a woman named Maria, and she lived in his neighborhood.”
“Go on.”
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