The Loma Prieta quake shook the Bay Area, the Berlin Wall crumbled, and the demise of Kricken & Associates forced me to set up my own agency. I got myself a fancy two-room suite in a high-rise building on MacArthur Boulevard, not far from John Wayne Airport. An attorney’s practice to the left...
After the third timid knock I realized someone might desire the services of Benson Keirstad Investigations. “Door’s open,” I called. When nobody entered, I figured it was either a prank or an exceedingly shy visitor. I sighed and went to open the door myself. A short, plain, middle-aged woman, we...