"Crais, Robert - Elvis Cole 02 - Stalking the Angel" - читать интересную книгу автора (Crais Robert)

Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37

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Chapter 1
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I was standing on my head in the middle of my office when the door
opened and the best looking woman I'd seen in three weeks walked in. She
stopped in the door to stare, then remembered herself and moved aside
for a grim-faced man who frowned when he saw me. A sure sign of
disapproval. The woman said, "Mr. Cole, I'm Jillian Becker. This is
Bradley Warren. May we speak with you?"

Jillian Becker was in her early thirties, slender in gray pants and a
white ruffled shirt with a fluffy bow at the neck and a gray jacket. She
held a cordovan Gucci briefcase that complemented the gray nicely, and
had very blond hair and eyes that I would call amber but she would call
green. Good eyes. There was an intelligent humor in them that the
Serious Businesswoman look didn't diminish.

I said, "You should try this. Invigorates the scalp. Retards the aging
process. Makes for embarrassing moments when prospective clients walk
in." Upside down, my face was the color of beef liver.

Jillian Becker smiled politely. "Mr. Warren and I don't have very much
time," she said. "Mr. Warren and I have to catch the noon flight to
Kyoto, Japan." Mr. Warren.

"Of course."

I dropped down from the headstand, held one of the two director's chairs
opposite my desk for Jillian Becker, shook hands with Mr. Warren, then