Man In The Middle
Chapter One
Lateness can be a virtue or a sin.
Arrive late to a party, for instance, and that's fashionable. Arrive
late for your own funeral and people envy your good fortune. But
come late to a possible murder investigation and you have a career
problem.
But nearly every problem has a solution, and I turned to the
attractive lady in the brown and tan suit who was standing beside me
and asked, "Come here often?"
"Hey, that's very funny." She was not laughing, or even smiling.
"It's my best line." "Is it?"
"You'd be surprised how often it works." "You're right," she
observed. "I'd be surprised." She placed a hand over her mouth and
laughed quietly, or maybe yawned.
I stuck out my hand and introduced myself. "Sean Drummond," then
added less truthfully, "Special Agent Drummond. FBI."
"Bian Tran." She ... read full excerpt from Man in the Middle ebook
