Chapter 9
Spa Paradise is closed until further notice. We are sorry for any inconvenience.
The sign had been freshly painted in black letters on white metal, and hung from the gatepost on a triangle of stout wire. I imagined Phyllis Strother and her investors spinning in their Guccis over the inconvenience of the closing, all the while reassuring Dante that, okay-fine, under the circumstances, what could one do?
The police had established a perimeter approximately fifty yards from the gates, completely blocking Kimmel Lane.
Kimmel Lane. I had to smile. Like Puddle Ducks, the name was the invention of my son-in-law. Every street in the Bay Ridge community had been named after a naval hero, like Mayo, Bancroft, Wainwright, and Decatur. Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, on the other hand, a
