Chapter 13: Buckle Plateau
Tal said that Max Martin lived in the Buckle Plateau area, which was the heart of the downtown area, and not a good place to be after dark. Every city has a blemish, including small dusty ones such as West Stockton, and Buckle Plateau just happened to be it. Prostitutes, cowboy hustlers, drug dealers, gang members, and the mob seemed to have collected within the four square blocks and caused corruption there.
I was familiar with the area because of my job. Three high rises, row houses, an abundance of litter, and underground gritty bars comprised the blocks. Cases always drew me to its decrepit confines, and not by choice. If one were to buy drugs, a hustler, or hire someone to commit a crime, Buckle Plateau was the place to carry out such bad business. Those w
