Swift and Son, Professional Locksmiths on Simcoe Street in Oshawa was a little, square shop wedged crookedly between two much bigger shops, causing its sign and storefront to bend outward as if they were in a vice.
Swift and Son, Professional LocksmithsIn his search for a locksmith, he’d gone as far west as Windsor and now he was heading east, prepared to go as far as Montreal if he had to. He was looking for someone old and alone, a sole proprietor without employees and without too many customers (he didn’t want a job as a cashier or a stockboy), someone biding time, preferably someone trying to earn enough money to quit or retire. It was a tall order. He’d visited twenty-three locksmiths who came close to meeting his criteria, two in Oakville, three in Hamilton, two in St. Catharines, o
