No Bone Unturned
Chapter OneHigh-Stakes Playground
March 26, 1992
Washington, D.C.
Against a backdrop of Gothic columns and massive granite walls, an elephant-size ivory statue of a brontosaurus stood erect in front of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History. Hustling down Constitution Avenue, forty-year-old Doug Owsley glanced
at the dinosaur before entering the museum's gold-encased doors. He flashed his ID and nodded as he passed a security guard and headed to a staircase in the far corner of the lobby. Wearing a jammed backpack and a windbreaker, he took a staircase beyond the exhibits, climbing all the way to the top floor of the museum, an area off-limits to the public. He unlocked a secured door and entered a labyrinth of tall metal cabinets. They contained the Terry Collecti ... read full excerpt from No Bone Unturned ebook
