“Possibly. When did he pick up the brushes?”
“Ah, I have this. The twenty-eighth of March. I charge more for so quick, but he agreed.”
“Thank you very much.”
“You’re welcome. Now I will go home and make love with my bride.”
“Happy anniversary.”
“Hotels,” Eve snapped. “In Paris, March four through March twenty-eight. Try the fake name. Private shuttles, New York to Paris, same. Peabody, have McNab run the Tribeca residences with the initialsJ.H.Jenkinson—”
“J.H., boss. Got it.”
“Baxter, what goes with fancy cheese?”
“Fancy wine. Wine shops, Tribeca. On that.”
“I’ll take my vehicle list back, run them in my office.”
Time, she thought. They still had it.
“Computer,” she said the minute she sat at her desk, “run search with current vehicle date for registrations containing the initialsJandH.”
Acknowledged. Working…
“Work fast,” she muttered.
He hadn’t hit in Tribeca—not for victims or body dumps. Too close to home. He lived there, shopped there, likely haunted the galleries there.
Search complete. Result Justin Merrill Henry, age twenty-nine, 74 Grove Street, registered vehicle make Javlin, all-terrain Summit, 2059 model number 45193. No further matches.
“Display map, highlight Grove Street.”
When it flashed up, she shook her head.
“Not Tribeca. Close, but not. Computer, display 74 Grove Street.”
“No, damn it. Multiple residential, no garage. Still. Run data on Justin Merrill Henry of that address.”
Acknowledged. Working…
“It’s not him. Just not him, but gotta cover it anyway.” She pushed up, paced.
Run complete. Justin Merrill Henry, Caucasian male, age twenty-nine. Occupation, actor. Currently starring inUp to You, a situational comedy set in—
“Forget it. Cancel run.”
Acknowledged. Run canceled.
“Okay, all right, he could’ve made up initials, or they could mean something other than his name. Or the vehicles aren’t registered to him. Not personally. Money, family money. Family business.”
She sat again, tried vehicles registered to businesses with the initials.
Nothing.
“Long shot. Computer, try vehicles registered to businesses with a name beginning inJorH.”
Acknowledged. Working…
