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"
Minnie-ford Avenue was hardly an avenue in the classic
use of the word, more like a cart path, and it was another
poor spot for a major crime-scene investigation. Police and
emergency vehicles and media satellite trucks clogged the
road like a thrombosis. He joined the long single-file of
hopelessly stuck cars and complained to Nancy they'd have
to walk the rest of the way. He was blocking a driveway and
was expecting a fracas from a thick-limbed fellow in a wife-
beater who was giving him the once-over from his steps, but
the guy just called out, You on the job?"
He nodded.
T'm NYPD, retired," the man offered. "Don't worry. TIl
watch the Explorer. I ain't going nowhere."
The jungle drums
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