Murder in the Rue De Paradis
“Aimée tasted hot dust, dry grit stung her ankles. People in the crowd spilling onto the pavement shielded their faces. It was 3:00 P.M., and she was here to meet Rouffillac. Citing an emergency, he’d called and changed their meeting place.Ambulances blocked the street. The helicopter dipped, then its thupts trailed off. A reek of burnt rubber and smoke clung in the oppressive heat. Horrified, her eyes were transfixed by the bloodstains smearing the green metal art nouveau Metro posts. Another M...etro bombing, the second since July. Low moans and mumbling in Arabic came from an old woman with a torn head scarf. Her face contorted in fear, her gnarled brown hands gripped a shopping bag to her chest as she hunched by the Metro kiosk. A female flic put her hand on the woman’s shoulder, spoke in her ear, and then gently took her arm and led her to an ambulance. From the look of things—black powder burns on the pavement and scurrying bomb-squad technicians—much of the scene had been secured.A man stood by a unmarked Peugeot staring at her.MoreLess
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