Chapter 41

Malone shrugged. "Center of town," he said. "A nice big newsstand." The cabbie blinked. "A what?" he said. "Newsstand," Malone said pleasantly. "All right with you?" "Everybody's a little crazy, I guess," the cabbie said. "But why do I always get the real nuts?" He started the cab with a savage jerk and Malone was carried along the road at dizzying speed. They managed to make ten blocks before the cab squealed to a stop. Malone peered out and saw a nice selection of sawhorses piled up in the road, guarded by two me…