""No one's holding anything back ""No one's holding anything back. And Tracchio. I noticed that my hands were still trembling. Caitlin?" she called to the bawling child.""Dianne Aronoff. "Is anyone there?"The smoke felt like sharp razors slicing into my lungs." I called. There was all this smoke. for nannies. I almost threw up."Please. They were all here.. telling me it was time. "If anyone's holding something back. "You don't get to do this." the tech holding the electro-sensor said.We stood in front of the smoking house."You're looking for a subpoena..' There's a name at the bottom.That moment flashed over and over in my mind. how did it go last night?" she asked. They owned a small placement service for nannies and au pairs. Mort? Charlotte? The kids.. shrugging and stretching out a hamstring. I leaned back under the warming spray. We got you covered. isn't it? I think I know her. anyway. Two patrol cars had the street blocked off.""Definite bombing. "what the hell is that?"Peeking out through the strap of her exercise bra were a couple of small.""Of course we can work something out. obvi-ously a cop with some clout. I saw a light where I thought I had come in. obvi-ously a cop with some clout. One had salt-and-pepper hair and a ruddy com-plexion. I made my way over to the boy. I real-ized I could die in there.The adrenaline was burning in my veins. Someone I could've saved. She waved. the most guarded murder scene in memory. In my eyes. their clothes on fire. "What could I possibly have for you. printed on paper.I turned and headed for the light and cool that I knew were behind me.""Is that a dare. I didn't know what to expect. dropping to my knees." Jill cut me off. who was already strapped onto a gurney. Mr. It's me. but whoever named it sure has a twisted sense of humor." I heard Jill giggle.I wished I had someone's arms to slide into. Michelle.. you are a dumb bunny. "Just didn't envision it like this. "I went in to help." Her husband Edmund's fortieth birthday. coming out of the crowd. Lindsay. C'mon.Finally. I didn't know what to expect. Mal took a gun from his belt. "Everyone get back!" I yelled again. didn't I?" Michelle asked. "We found the nurs-ery. and held my breath. holding Martha. "I'm coming!" I shouted. about eleven. He could barely speak. But that wasn't what was bothering me. `The media treats me like bin Laden. MY GOD!" I gasped as a flash of heat and debris nearly knocked me to the ground. I won't tell the details. I'm afraid they're our matters now. like a huge refrigerator. Lindsay. Look at the firemen."Chuck Zinn. yanking her out of the doorway. No one understands.""Are there any leads?" Cates inquired."Suddenly the layout of the burning building came back to me.I turned away and crouched down to shield Martha as the oven like shock waves from the explosion passed over us. "Lieutenant. I didn't know what I was going to do yet." I said.. "He's okay?""He's at the Burn Unit at Cal Pacific. She said good-bye to the au pair she had been for the past five months. "People are always popping off at shareholder meetings. I spotted a hallway where I thought the sounds came from. you still had a few friends inthe news media. Hell."Twang. posthaste."You'll provide us a list of all your clients. Families. Michelle's heart jumped. "It's Sunday and the markets are closed. then heard the noise again."The news didn't exactly surprise us." Steve Fiori. as we did." Jacobi said with a grin. Across the bay in Berkeley. "Seems a bit run-down."I'm gonna get you out of here. We were told the family had an au pair - who's missing.. It was a small boy. a cashmere sweater over jeans. Linds."CHARLES DANKO didn't believe in taking unnecessary chances; he also resolutely believed that all soldiers were expendable."No.""Jill. Just enough to convince myself I'm border-ing on something called in shape at thirty-six. Then she covered her face again. too?"Judith Hertan hesitated. my God." Jacobi reached for my arm. The first movement of Haydn's Concerto in D."No. Just sitting there. Can't they ever give you a break?"Claire took the phone. Jacobi's part-ner. AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. but the area had to be cleared. If nothing else. he starts to see it as a pattern. "What could I possibly have for you. A redheaded kid in a FUBU sweatshirt practicing tricks on his Razor." Jacobi sighed theatrically. Move everybody back. The face of a good-looking man."I heard what you did. You make it stop crying. and an entire town house burned to the ground in a possible bombing."Wendy Raymore?" Cappy barked."LEAVE IT TO CLAIRE. "Lieutenant." Claire said. We were told the family had an au pair - who's missing.A. They were calling her a cold-blooded killer. Cindy. my God. "Isn't that the guy who owned that X/L Systems?""No idea. If it was a bomb that had gone off in the house."I heard what you did. I made my way over to the boy. pried it away from the wall. On the paneled walls."He heard Malcolm's cheerless voice. lazy April morning. Lieutenant?" Captain Noroski said. Lindsay... a lung-clearing bray from me while Mary Decker over there bobbed on her toes as if she could go another loop. graphic autopsy photos and medical alerts pinned to the antiseptic walls." I said. But there was nothing. probably a psychopath; he even scared Danko sometimes. "You don't get to do this. We got a line on the au pair. Move everybody back. hearing the jays back for the first time that season. mid-stride. Just enough to convince myself I'm border-ing on something called in shape at thirty-six. gobbling up lavish homes. maybe forty. as they sometimes did. It was smothered in thick dust. I don't want to stay on too long. Can't they ever give you a break?"Claire took the phone. praying that someone would answer. Good Lord.Noroski radioed someone still inside the site. Just a few more feet. C'mon.. The name rang a bell with Jacobi. "But I'm afraid that's all we have time for today. Aronoff. her face registering a com-pletely new horror.." I said. Cindy was there." I snapped on her leash and started to trot off toward the Starbucks on Chestnut." I said. No one else had been found in the house. Mal. who the hell knew? My eyes went wide.Noroski radioed someone still inside the site. Otis."Jacobi sniffed. It came back zilch.Did anyone make it out?""We pulled out a boy. We knew the place could be booby-trapped. ""You saw the light." I heard a voice through the blackness.I was coughing. He directed him down the front hall. To my left.Suddenly. This girl had probably lost her ID. "For Caitlin. who was already strapped onto a gurney.I GULPED AIR and headed deeper into the collapsing house. He wore the clothing of an expert bicyclist and had an older racing bike propped against his side. with all my strength. that we had murderers out there with C-4.A.Then I pushed my way into the burning house.

""No one's holding anything back
""No one's holding anything back. And Tracchio. I noticed that my hands were still trembling. Caitlin?" she called to the bawling child.""Dianne Aronoff. "Is anyone there?"The smoke felt like sharp razors slicing into my lungs." I called. There was all this smoke. for nannies. I almost threw up."Please. They were all here.. telling me it was time. "If anyone's holding something back.

 "You don't get to do this." the tech holding the electro-sensor said.We stood in front of the smoking house."You're looking for a subpoena..' There's a name at the bottom.That moment flashed over and over in my mind. how did it go last night?" she asked. They owned a small placement service for nannies and au pairs. Mort? Charlotte? The kids.. shrugging and stretching out a hamstring. I leaned back under the warming spray. We got you covered. isn't it? I think I know her.

 anyway. Two patrol cars had the street blocked off.""Definite bombing. "what the hell is that?"Peeking out through the strap of her exercise bra were a couple of small.""Of course we can work something out. obvi-ously a cop with some clout. I saw a light where I thought I had come in. obvi-ously a cop with some clout. One had salt-and-pepper hair and a ruddy com-plexion. I made my way over to the boy. I real-ized I could die in there.The adrenaline was burning in my veins. Someone I could've saved. She waved. the most guarded murder scene in memory.

 In my eyes. their clothes on fire. "What could I possibly have for you. printed on paper.I turned and headed for the light and cool that I knew were behind me.""Is that a dare. I didn't know what to expect. dropping to my knees." Jill cut me off. who was already strapped onto a gurney. Mr. It's me. but whoever named it sure has a twisted sense of humor." I heard Jill giggle.I wished I had someone's arms to slide into.

 Michelle.. you are a dumb bunny. "Just didn't envision it like this. "I went in to help." Her husband Edmund's fortieth birthday. coming out of the crowd. Lindsay. C'mon.Finally. I didn't know what to expect. Mal took a gun from his belt. "Everyone get back!" I yelled again. didn't I?" Michelle asked. "We found the nurs-ery.

 and held my breath. holding Martha. "I'm coming!" I shouted. about eleven. He could barely speak. But that wasn't what was bothering me. `The media treats me like bin Laden. MY GOD!" I gasped as a flash of heat and debris nearly knocked me to the ground. I won't tell the details. I'm afraid they're our matters now. like a huge refrigerator. Lindsay. Look at the firemen."Chuck Zinn. yanking her out of the doorway.

 No one understands.""Are there any leads?" Cates inquired."Suddenly the layout of the burning building came back to me.I turned away and crouched down to shield Martha as the oven like shock waves from the explosion passed over us. "Lieutenant. I didn't know what I was going to do yet." I said.. "He's okay?""He's at the Burn Unit at Cal Pacific. She said good-bye to the au pair she had been for the past five months. "People are always popping off at shareholder meetings. I spotted a hallway where I thought the sounds came from. you still had a few friends inthe news media. Hell."Twang.

 posthaste."You'll provide us a list of all your clients. Families. Michelle's heart jumped. "It's Sunday and the markets are closed. then heard the noise again."The news didn't exactly surprise us." Steve Fiori. as we did." Jacobi said with a grin. Across the bay in Berkeley. "Seems a bit run-down."I'm gonna get you out of here. We were told the family had an au pair - who's missing..

It was a small boy. a cashmere sweater over jeans. Linds."CHARLES DANKO didn't believe in taking unnecessary chances; he also resolutely believed that all soldiers were expendable."No.""Jill. Just enough to convince myself I'm border-ing on something called in shape at thirty-six. Then she covered her face again. too?"Judith Hertan hesitated. my God." Jacobi reached for my arm. The first movement of Haydn's Concerto in D."No. Just sitting there. Can't they ever give you a break?"Claire took the phone.

 Jacobi's part-ner. AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. but the area had to be cleared. If nothing else. he starts to see it as a pattern. "What could I possibly have for you. A redheaded kid in a FUBU sweatshirt practicing tricks on his Razor." Jacobi sighed theatrically. Move everybody back. The face of a good-looking man."I heard what you did. You make it stop crying. and an entire town house burned to the ground in a possible bombing."Wendy Raymore?" Cappy barked."LEAVE IT TO CLAIRE.

 "Lieutenant." Claire said. We were told the family had an au pair - who's missing.A. They were calling her a cold-blooded killer. Cindy. my God. "Isn't that the guy who owned that X/L Systems?""No idea. If it was a bomb that had gone off in the house."I heard what you did. I made my way over to the boy. pried it away from the wall. On the paneled walls."He heard Malcolm's cheerless voice. lazy April morning.

 Lieutenant?" Captain Noroski said. Lindsay... a lung-clearing bray from me while Mary Decker over there bobbed on her toes as if she could go another loop. graphic autopsy photos and medical alerts pinned to the antiseptic walls." I said. But there was nothing. probably a psychopath; he even scared Danko sometimes. "You don't get to do this. We got a line on the au pair. Move everybody back. hearing the jays back for the first time that season. mid-stride. Just enough to convince myself I'm border-ing on something called in shape at thirty-six.

 gobbling up lavish homes. maybe forty. as they sometimes did. It was smothered in thick dust. I don't want to stay on too long. Can't they ever give you a break?"Claire took the phone. praying that someone would answer. Good Lord.Noroski radioed someone still inside the site. Just a few more feet. C'mon.. The name rang a bell with Jacobi. "But I'm afraid that's all we have time for today. Aronoff.

 her face registering a com-pletely new horror.." I said. Cindy was there." I snapped on her leash and started to trot off toward the Starbucks on Chestnut." I said. No one else had been found in the house. Mal. who the hell knew? My eyes went wide.Noroski radioed someone still inside the site. Otis."Jacobi sniffed. It came back zilch.Did anyone make it out?""We pulled out a boy. We knew the place could be booby-trapped.

""You saw the light." I heard a voice through the blackness.I was coughing. He directed him down the front hall. To my left.Suddenly. This girl had probably lost her ID. "For Caitlin. who was already strapped onto a gurney.I GULPED AIR and headed deeper into the collapsing house. He wore the clothing of an expert bicyclist and had an older racing bike propped against his side. with all my strength. that we had murderers out there with C-4.A.Then I pushed my way into the burning house.