Chapter Twenty
Wednesday, October 22
4:23 PM
Public Library
Las Vegas, Nevada
Goldfarb removed the plastic lid, and the smell of freshly brewed coffee wafted from his Starbucks cup as he settled behind the microfilm reader at the Las Vegas library. At least the reference librarian had given him a special dispensation, once he’d shown her his badge. This late in the afternoon, grimy and exhausted, Goldfarb needed the caffeine just to keep himself going—and with their time dwindling minute by minute, he couldn’t afford to relax.
The Eagle’s Claw meant to strike on the day after tomorrow.
From the burning den, Goldfarb had rescued handwritten notes filled with random numbers, a tourist brochure with a map of all the casinos in Las Vegas (several of which had been circled), discolored w
