Innocence [antikvár]

PROLOGUESeptember 1992Madeline Steele looked out through the rain-spotted glass toward the bodega on Columbus Avenue in Roxbury, pressing the pay-phone handset hard against her ear so she could hear over the thunder of her own heartbeat. One ring. Two. Five. Where was he? Finally, on the seventh ring, a voice came over the line."What.rirr,' Its me."What's happening.?""They re here. I think we've got them nailed. " She looked out at the storefront, making sure no one was going in and no one was coming out."Not to make a bust, but it's a start.""It's more than a start, Koz," she said. "What eke could they be doing here? Do you know how many people must be involved? How much money? If it's what it looks like, it's bigger than I ever thought. " There was no answer on the other end of the line. "Koz?" Still nothing. "Koz, you still there?""Get out of there, Maddy," came the reply."Why?""You 're undercover, and you haven V been trained for it.