Bodies in Winter (2009)
“As we ate, we discussed what we’d done and what we hoped to do. The conversation held few surprises until Adele announced that she was preparing to avoid the NYPD altogether.
‘I got David Lodge’s file from an ADA named Ginnette Lansky.’ She picked at her salad for a moment, then added, ‘Ginnette heads the Major Crimes Bureau for the Queens DA.’ I shook my head. ‘You’re living in a fantasy. They’ll never do it.’ ‘Do what?’ ‘You’re thinking you can talk the District Attorney into taking over the ...investigation.’ ‘Which he has every right to do.’ Adele was correct. The DA, with his own staff of independent investigators, could open a grand jury investigation tomorrow. But why would the current holder of that office, Kenneth Alessio, want to go down that road? Most of his investigators were retired cops who’d be anything but eager to put heat on the job. Plus, he’d run a law-and-order campaign in the last election, where he was endorsed by the Patrolman’s Benevolent Association.MoreLess
‘I got David Lodge’s file from an ADA named Ginnette Lansky.’ She picked at her salad for a moment, then added, ‘Ginnette heads the Major Crimes Bureau for the Queens DA.’ I shook my head. ‘You’re living in a fantasy. They’ll never do it.’ ‘Do what?’ ‘You’re thinking you can talk the District Attorney into taking over the ...investigation.’ ‘Which he has every right to do.’ Adele was correct. The DA, with his own staff of independent investigators, could open a grand jury investigation tomorrow. But why would the current holder of that office, Kenneth Alessio, want to go down that road? Most of his investigators were retired cops who’d be anything but eager to put heat on the job. Plus, he’d run a law-and-order campaign in the last election, where he was endorsed by the Patrolman’s Benevolent Association.MoreLess
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