I now had the necklace. The next step was delivering it to my client in Tolosa.Delivery was by far the easiest part of the entire mission. But laziness had always been my biggest flaw. I was chronically negligent with...

The Marshes criminal police department was impossible to reach. The Arnavuts had stationed themselves at every approach to the building. We had no idea how many Shortridge officers were involved — they operated undercover — but we knew they...