Rogue Wave
“Marc Rosten barked, waving the scrap of paper he’d just written on. Bad move to snap at the Medical Examiner’s secretary, he knew that, but he was so goddamned furious. How could Grace have let Kiernan into his office alone, let her root through whatever she wanted?
Two phones were ringing, but the clerks could answer them. Grace Ulher looked up at him from the oversized looseleaf book into which she was inserting a file. She shook her head—the silent treatment.
Rosten forced a laugh in respons...e to what her tone should have been. If Kiernan hadn’t driven him to snap at her. He valued his good rapport with the support staff, particularly these older ladies who had been with the department since this morgue had been a blueprint. Walking over to Grace’s desk, he smiled. “Grace, I spend my days with the dead. And dead men don’t talk about who’s who. But I know I’ve heard this name before. Harold Olsen? It doesn’t ring a bell with you? I thought you knew everyone who’s anyone here in San Francisco?”MoreLess
Two phones were ringing, but the clerks could answer them. Grace Ulher looked up at him from the oversized looseleaf book into which she was inserting a file. She shook her head—the silent treatment.
Rosten forced a laugh in respons...e to what her tone should have been. If Kiernan hadn’t driven him to snap at her. He valued his good rapport with the support staff, particularly these older ladies who had been with the department since this morgue had been a blueprint. Walking over to Grace’s desk, he smiled. “Grace, I spend my days with the dead. And dead men don’t talk about who’s who. But I know I’ve heard this name before. Harold Olsen? It doesn’t ring a bell with you? I thought you knew everyone who’s anyone here in San Francisco?”MoreLess
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