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CHAPTER 108

Five hours later, Hardin and Wilson were in a limo on the way to O’Hare for their flight to Papeete. “Wish I’d had time to pack,” said Wilson.

“They’ve got stores there,” Hardin said. “Nice stores.”

“So we’re really rich?”

“Really, really rich.”

Hardin heard Corsco’s name on the radio, asked the driver to turn it up a minute.

Tony ‘the Blade’ Corsco was arrested at his residence today on charges of conspiracy to commit murder. US Attorney Alex Hickman told reporters that further charges are expected. In a stunning development, actor Shamus Fenn, who is recovering from a drug overdose, is reportedly involved in the case and has provided key evidence–”

“You can turn it off,” Hardin said.

They rode in silence for a moment, Wilson leaning over and resting her head on Hardin’s shoulder.

“Think anybody will come after us?” Wilson said.

Hardin shrugged. “Have to deal with us if they do. By the way, you’ll need this.” He pulled two French passports from his jacket pocket and handed one to her. She flipped hers open, then took his and looked inside.

“Jean and Fantine Bernard. Really? I didn’t know that Fantine had a last name.”

“I don’t think she did, but you need one for a passport. Bernard is kind of like the French version of Smith. Fouche arranged the papers. He thought the names were romantic.”

“Husband and wife, huh? This makes it official?”

Hardin pulled her hand up, kissed it. “All the sacrament I need.”

Wilson turned toward the window a moment, her hand went to her face. Hardin thought she might have brushed away a tear. Then she turned back.

“Fantine,” she said. “I’m stuck with that?”

“I could call you Fanny, I guess.”

“I may have to kill Fouche for this someday.”

“That’s probably harder to do than it looks,” said Hardin.

“Isn’t everything?” Wilson said.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Man, doing a second acknowledgements page is tough. I mean what do you do? Thank all the same people again? Um, in some cases, yeah, you do.

So thank you again to my agent Stacia Decker and to my Team Decker stable mates Chuck Wendig, Joelle Charbonneau, John Hornor Jacobs, Steve Weddle and Seth Harwood who have all lent support, and, occasionally, booze.

Hat tip to my siblings, Tom, Maura, Brendan, Marty and Pat, who have put up with me longer than anyone. (Marty gets special mention for making his in-laws and friends buy their own copies of my last book when they asked to borrow his.)

Thanks again to Emlyn Rees and the team at Exhibit A. A special thank you to Paul Simpson, without who’s sharp eye I would have embarrassed myself a couple of times. And to Stewart Larking, what can I say? Another stunning cover.

There’s this weird little universe of people out there you get to know if you’re a crime writer, online reviewers, magazine and e-zine publishers, folks taking a shot at starting up new imprints. They aren’t getting famous, they sure as hell aren’t getting rich, but they do a hell of a lot to help authors breaking in to this game get a little exposure.

So thanks to Jon and Ruth Jordan, the masterminds behind Crimespree Magazine, behind Murder and Mayhem in Muskego, the driving forces behind a couple of Bouchercons and just nice people.

Thanks to the Shotgun Honey crew, past and present – Kent Gowran, Sabrina Ogden, Chad Robacher, Ron Earl Phillips, Jen Conley, Chris Irvin and Eric Arneson.

Thanks to the Snubnose Press guys, Brian Lindenmuth, Sandra Ruttan, Jack Getze and R. Thomas Brown.

And to fellow writers and Noir at the Bar emcees Scott Phillips, Jed Ayers, Eric Beetner and Stephen Blackmoore, thanks for the stage and the mic. I’m told I had fun, but it’s all a little fuzzy.

Finally, to Elizabeth A. White, who first reviewed a version of this book way back when it was an online experiment, I hope you like how it turned out. We’ll always have Mammon.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dan O’Shea is a Chicago-area writer. Drawing on Chicago’s settings and history, the novels explore the city’s history of corruption, but with a national, even international flavor.

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EXHIBIT A

An Angry Robot imprint

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A is for African Diamonds!

Copyright © Daniel O’Shea 2014

Daniel O’Shea asserts the moral right to be

identified as the author of this work.

Cover photograph: © Corbis; design by Argh! Oxford.

All rights reserved.

Angry Robot is a registered trademark, and Exhibit A, the Exhibit A icon and

the Angry Robot icon a trademark of Angry Robot Ltd.

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and

incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination.

Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or

localities is entirely coincidental.

Ebook ISBN: 978 1 90922 317 2

UK Paperback: ISBN: 978 1 90922 315 8

US Trade Paperback: ISBN: 978 1 90922 316 5

Contents

Title page

 Dedication

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 15

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 17

CHAPTER 18

CHAPTER 19

CHAPTER 20

CHAPTER 21

CHAPTER 22

CHAPTER 23

CHAPTER 24

CHAPTER 25

CHAPTER 26

CHAPTER 27

CHAPTER 28

CHAPTER 29

CHAPTER 30

CHAPTER 31

CHAPTER 33

CHAPTER 34

CHAPTER 35

CHAPTER 36

CHAPTER 37

CHAPTER 38

CHAPTER 39

CHAPTER 40

CHAPTER 41

CHAPTER 42

CHAPTER 43

CHAPTER 44

CHAPTER 45

CHAPTER 46

CHAPTER 47

CHAPTER 48

CHAPTER 49

CHAPTER 50

CHAPTER 51

CHAPTER 52

CHAPTER 53

CHAPTER 54

CHAPTER 55

CHAPTER 56

CHAPTER 57

CHAPTER 58

CHAPTER 59

CHAPTER 60

CHAPTER 61

CHAPTER 62

CHAPTER 63

CHAPTER 64

CHAPTER 65

CHAPTER 66

CHAPTER 67

CHAPTER 68

CHAPTER 69

CHAPTER 70

CHAPTER 71

CHAPTER 72

CHAPTER 73

CHAPTER 74

CHAPTER 75

CHAPTER 76

CHAPTER 77

CHAPTER 78

CHAPTER 79

CHAPTER 80

CHAPTER 81

CHAPTER 82

CHAPTER 83

CHAPTER 84

CHAPTER 85

CHAPTER 86

CHAPTER 87

CHAPTER 88

CHAPTER 89

CHAPTER 90

CHAPTER 91

CHAPTER 92

CHAPTER 93

CHAPTER 94

CHAPTER 95

CHAPTER 96

CHAPTER 97

CHAPTER 98

CHAPTER 99

CHAPTER 100

CHAPTER 101

CHAPTER 103

CHAPTER 104

CHAPTER 105

CHAPTER 106

CHAPTER 107

CHAPTER 108

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Imprint Page


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