Murder At the National Gallery (2014)
“Steve Jordan met Annabel at the door and led her to a booth in a secluded corner. Drinks ordered, she asked for his reaction to the murders of Peter Lafroing and Father Giocondi.
“Giocondi is simple enough. An Italian Mafia hit. Why? No details, except it’s reasonable to assume it’s connected with Grottesca.”
“Peter Lafroing?”
“A guy I went to school with heads up San Fran’s art squad. We’re pretty close. He told me just before I came to meet you that the Lafroing case looks like a professional... hit, too.”
“The same people?”
“I don’t think so. But there’s that damn Caravaggio again, maybe linking them—and maybe not. Giliberti. Mason. Giocondi. Lafroing. What do you hear from Mrs. Aprile?”
“She’s shaken, of course. Besides seeing four people murdered, she’s pivotal in trying to dissuade the Italians from closing the Caravaggio exhibition. And maybe some of our air bases by now.”
“And?”
“So far just saber rattling. It’s good they’re nonnuclear.MoreLess
“Giocondi is simple enough. An Italian Mafia hit. Why? No details, except it’s reasonable to assume it’s connected with Grottesca.”
“Peter Lafroing?”
“A guy I went to school with heads up San Fran’s art squad. We’re pretty close. He told me just before I came to meet you that the Lafroing case looks like a professional... hit, too.”
“The same people?”
“I don’t think so. But there’s that damn Caravaggio again, maybe linking them—and maybe not. Giliberti. Mason. Giocondi. Lafroing. What do you hear from Mrs. Aprile?”
“She’s shaken, of course. Besides seeing four people murdered, she’s pivotal in trying to dissuade the Italians from closing the Caravaggio exhibition. And maybe some of our air bases by now.”
“And?”
“So far just saber rattling. It’s good they’re nonnuclear.MoreLess
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