The Florentine Cypher: Kate Benedict Paranormal Mystery #3 (The Kate Benedict Series) - Plot & Excerpts
Inside the tiled lobby, an officer leapt to attention when he saw Falcone. He ushered us into a small office and offered me a plastic chair that reminded me of the one in Detective Lake’s office in London. I felt another pang of guilt for missing my meeting with him. “Wait here,” Falcone told me. “I need a couple of minutes.” Alone, I looked around the office, which had one window, opaque and barred on the outside. The walls were decorated with frescos of Tuscan landscapes, with towers and cypress trees reaching up to azure skies. The ceiling was high, vaulted, and painted midnight blue, dotted with white stars. Grey metal filing cabinets lined one wall while another held a sleek flat panel television. The whole room was incongruous, a contrast between old and new, utilitarian and ornamental. I guessed the building had once been an elegant palazzo, now converted for a more prosaic use. The plastic felt like an instrument of torture, but I sat and leaned my elbows on the desk, its surface a slab of dark wood, incised with years of cuts and nicks.
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