Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars and a Missing Name on a Ledger

desk clock.

The brass was tarnished around the base, but the face was clean, the white dial showing the time as ten past ten.

“This object was recovered from the office of Lydia Martinez,” Hochman said.

Raymond leaned slightly toward me, his shoulder touching mine as we watched the committee chairman squint at the plastic bag.

“The clock was presented continue reading …