Chapter 8: VIII

VIII A Tip on Kid Cooper I spent most of the afternoon writing my three days’ reports on the Donald Willsson operation. Then I sat around, burned Fatimas, and thought about the Elihu Willsson operation until dinner time. I went down to the hotel dining room and had just decided in favor of pounded rump steak with mushrooms when I heard myself being paged. The boy took me to one of the lobby booths. Dinah Brand’s lazy voice came out of the receiver: “Max wants to see you. Can you …