Games to Keep the Dark Away by Marcia Muller

And others're staffed by one or two people who refer clients to the nearest large office and provide support for our operatives when they're working in the area. Some're medium-sized-Atlanta, Toronto, Sydney, Munich. Some are large-New York, Tokyo, Paris, Chicago. As you know, we've got offices in most of the world's major cities. It seems he's capable of running forever.' 'Because every time anyone's seen him he's been running away, and because we've been chasing him for two years. He was primarily a hostage negotiator, not an investigator, but he understood the process.

Why don't you fill me in, make the situation come alive.' To put him at ease, I motioned to the file and said, 'Facts, reports, other people's insights-they're static. Sitting in my clients' chair and having me set the terms was something Hy wasn't altogether prepared for. But he seldom dealt with me on a professional basis I'd contracted a few times with Renshaw & Kessell International, the security firm in which he was a partner, but I'd reported to either Gage Renshaw or Dan Kessell. A handsome man, my husband, with his hawk nose and luxuriant mustache and intelligent brown eyes. Momentarily he looked disconcerted, running his fingers through his thick, dark blond curls. Maybe you should read the file, and then we'll talk.' 'And why's he called 'the ever-running man'?' 'This is the job you mentioned last night at dinner?' It was at least three inches thick, with multicolored pages. He dropped the fat file on my desk and sat in one of the clients' chairs, stretching out his long legs and crossing them at the ankle. 'Here's what we have on the ever-running man,' Hy said.

Games to Keep the Dark Away by Marcia Muller