“I’m doing it,” Ace shouted. He got up and went to the far corner of the room, where he put his rifle, his knife, and his shoulder bag on the floor.
In the control room on the second floor of the house Dick Stahl and Diane Hines watched the man on the security monitor. Diane switched off the microphone they had been using and gave Stahl a kiss on the cheek.
“What’s that for?”
“I’m just happy. I never thought the security business would be this much fun.”
“Here’s the best part — calling the cops to come pick him up for us,” Stahl said. He reached for his cell phone.
About the Author
THOMAS PERRY is the bestselling author of over twenty novels, including the critically acclaimed Jane Whitefield series and his most recent standalone novel, The Old Man. He is also the author of The Butcher’s Boy, which won the Edgar Award; Poison Flower, which was named one of the “101 Best Crime Novels of the Past Decade” by Booklist; and Metzger’s Dog, voted one of the best 100 thrillers ever by NPR listeners. He lives in Southern California.