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ROMI
“Murder’s not my area of expertise, ma’am. And a twenty-year-old cold case…” Mike McDonald’s sucking breath left me under no illusion as to what he thought the chances were of solving it. “Wouldn’t feel right taking your money.”
“I appreciate your candour.”
“Reputation’s everything in this game, and I pride myself on being upfront with my clients. But if you ever need surveillance work done or assets located, you have my number. Infidelity’s my specialty.”
The sense of déjà vu was strong. I’d just had more or less the same conversation with Don Stevens, except he’d told me he specialised in corporate research—which, reading between the lines, meant he worked out who to bribe. Yeah, that definitely fit with Davis’s assessment of Nico’s shadiness. He sure had proven himself to b
