![]() ![]() It seems you are yet again in need of some expert assistance.” “Then, God love me, pack your knives and drills. “What the hell are you doing there, Albert?” “I thought that much was obvious: being briefed to join you in New Orleans. Thought of that yourself.” McIntyre groaned down the phone. “You’ve been listening to scurrilous gossip again, McIntyre. Albert moved around the desk to stand closer to the speaker phone. “That makes him the best in the FBI.” “He’s only the best because he’s incapable of a relationship with anyone still breathing!” Jefferson appeared rather taken aback by this assertion. Perhaps he was tired of defending a subordinate for whom he had no respect. ![]() ![]() “I mean, sir,” he continued in a more reasonable protest, “there must be someone else available - anyone else available …” “Albert Sterne is the best forensics man here at headquarters,” Jefferson replied in weary and resentful tones. PROLOGUE NEW ORLEANS OCTOBER 1971 “No, don’t send us Albert!” McIntyre blurted down the phone from New Orleans. ![]() Sterne Manifold PressĬover image: © José Luis Guttiérez | 2008 ![]()
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