THE BILLIONAIRE AND THE DETECTIVE

e, finishing up her morning meeting in t

for each other. Some sort of vehicle was necessary to get the perpetrators to the Chamberses, and to transport at least

y built man in his mind forties who enjoy

eck out the setup. No uniform, just soft clothes," he added, indicating h

awn shops, pressuring known fences." E

uple of good sources, and we've put the heat on. Nobody knows anythi

ys," Diego ordered. "What

o find a connection, but so far that's a dead end. She went on. "Out of the ten, we've got five different banks, three

hair salon, different operators, different schedule, different services. Now two of the targets use

ndown on Jones's

an. "Draws in a big crowd, and the crowd varie

bbed her eyes, t

ut thirty two in the club. They were multiple phones, wallet and handbags tossed around at the tables, I couldn't count they. lt's seems like a regular meeting grou

ed. "l don't get. ls that

r to the board were the list of victims and stolen items were posted

d. "is one of those com

e. lf we break this down to its basic element, we're looking first for a pickpocket. Someone with good f

nodded, as he turn

ocket, why put it b

s her purse. lf she reaches in for her lipstick and doesn't find her wallet, she's going to send

Someone at the club alerts the burglars when the victims call for th

and Mary all muss

ween calling for the check and leavin

besides Jones place." Diego brow furrowe

es's is were they'll come b

Naismith." He got to his feet. "A

word that she was to be notified when the reports she was waiting for came in. S

and watched her father walk in. Like Jones, s

nt over her rapid rise to detective. There were mutters now

s too proud of her father, and too secure in

missi

ve. Got a

her bottom desk drawer. "Can we talk? l'm on m

eyes scanned the room. lf there were any mutters

his morning." She mussed a little,

l think l can keep up wit

nes's security tapes. He go

ell, then angled his head to study his

t a few ruffled f

ut each othe

. You both like to do

nt to do them so

k tail of her hair. His little girl had always had

have a meeting with the

la said cheerfully as she

ll me about last

Chambers got me the loss list this morning. They were fully insured, valu

ggest hit l g

now if it was dumb luck or someone knew what they had when they saw i

uld dismantle a

tarted to push open t

rompted as they c

has really good taste. At the second hit, there've been other cars at

ther criminals w

ped outside she blinked against the brilliant s

door for her in a way that made her frown and think of Eric aga

han a week. They're rolling now

ot a bigger slice of

a few nights under there, I'll sta

iss her cheek. "I'll handle the ma

ave you know

nteen

im over to the house, for

. But will always acknowledge my inv

the steering wheel. "That's a long time to be busy always. W

. He never liked it, but he's do it. He'd meet me for coffee, for beer, at the football f

s begin a man who considers him

a lot of twists in Jones. And ve