“Why the sudden concern for Sebastian du Beckett’s picker? One, Denny had said that Eddie Laughlin had gone to ground. Two, we hadn’t heard a peep out of Eddie since he’d offered us a ride at the Met last night. In light of points one and two—and what’d just happened to Denny—Ian thought it’d be a good idea to check in on Eddie. The gorgon seemed to be starting a series of sculptures entitled “Still Life with Art Dealers.” Technically Eddie was a picker, not a dealer, but when you’re a h...ungry young gorgon on a killing spree/feeding frenzy, you probably didn’t bother with a little detail like that. Eddie Laughlin’s apartment building wasn’t in the worst part of town, but with a gorgon running amuck, having a heavily armed werewolf friend two days shy of a full moon made me feel a lot less jumpy about being there. Unlike last night at the museum, I had a gun and it was a comforting weight under my jacket.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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