Amos Walker: the Complete Story Collection (2011)
“The steel desk in her office just came to her knees when she rose like a man to grasp my hand. The gesture didn’t seem out of place at all; but for a spray of daisies in a cut-glass vase on the desk, the room might have belonged to any of the male detectives in the squad. When we were seated, she put on a pair of gold-rimmed glasses hanging from a chain around her neck to read my ID, then took them off and returned the folder and leaned back in her yellow leather swivel, steepling a pair of sur...prisingly slender hands without a ring or long nails.
“What brings you down to Major Crimes, Mr. Walker?”
Her voice fell around the middle register, a little hoarse at the edges like a saloon singer’s. I said: “I’m working for Midwest Life, Automobile & Casualty this month. Stan Draper there hired me to look into this Gendron kill that went down Tuesday. Gendron’s wife stands to collect a quarter million on the double indemnity clause and its Midwest’s policy, excuse the expression, to investigate all claims above fifty thousand.MoreLess
“What brings you down to Major Crimes, Mr. Walker?”
Her voice fell around the middle register, a little hoarse at the edges like a saloon singer’s. I said: “I’m working for Midwest Life, Automobile & Casualty this month. Stan Draper there hired me to look into this Gendron kill that went down Tuesday. Gendron’s wife stands to collect a quarter million on the double indemnity clause and its Midwest’s policy, excuse the expression, to investigate all claims above fifty thousand.MoreLess
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