Kent Conwell - Tony Boudreaux 15 - The Mona Lisa Murders - Plot & Excerpts
‘Throat Cutters?’‘That’s what the man said. They’re from Calabria, Italy.’‘Calabria?’‘Yeah. You know how Italy is shaped like a boot?’‘Vaguely.’‘Well, Calabria is down at the toe of the boot. And the word back east is those boys play for keeps.’At that moment, in a bobbing boat tied to a willow tree on the shore of the flooding Mississippi with the sun rising, it hit me just how deadly the problems we faced. The sobering word there was ‘deadly’.Danny continued. ‘I can’t tell you what family I talked to, but it was one of the big five in New York. They say no one hires ‘le frese di gola’ unless they’re playing for keeps.’I blew out through my lips. I tried to laugh, but my throat was too dry. ‘That ain’t exactly what I wanted to hear, Danny.’‘I know, Tony. I don’t know if I can give you a hand with those boys or not, but I’ll do my best. I’m trying to get a handle on this joker out of Thailand, Nemo.’‘So, what you’re saying is that there’s a locomotive coming and there’s no way for us to get off the tracks.’He hesitated for several long moments, then muttered.
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