The summer air smelled of car exhaust, hot cement, and close calls.
It was almost disorienting to find himself back in the real world-and still employed.
He pushed through the bulletproof glass door, leaving the official air-conditioned quiet for the hot, noisy sidewalk of Pennsylvania Avenue on a July afternoon. Seven minutes later Jason walked out of the private elevator, past the security cameras, the reception desk, the guard desk, the giant blue and gold FBI seal positioned between two flags (one for the good old US of A and the other the FBI’s own standard) and the metal detectors of the security checkpoint. "The consensus is there were sufficient mitigating factors in this case. Kapszukiewicz’s normally warm blue gaze was glacial. Any other agent under my command would be leaving this meeting without his badge and weapon."
"You’re getting a second chance, West, because, with one exception, your performance over the past six years has been exemplary. Jason half swallowed his husky, No, ma’am. Would Sam see the irony?įor the record, I’ve never subscribed to the idea that everyone gets one mistake. Special Agent Jason West of the FBI’s Art Crime Team was so flabbergasted, he actually missed the next few words of the chief of the Major Theft Unit of the Criminal Investigative Division, which oversaw ACT.ĭo you see the irony here? Kapszukiewicz said. He was halfway through the meeting with Kapszukiewicz before it dawned on him, he was not going to be fired. You may find it useful to listen to the audio of that coda, narrated by the wonderful Kale Williams, which is available here. Some of the events referred to in The Movie-Town Murders actually take place in a coda for The Monuments Men Murders written as an exclusive for my Patreon group. If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story. Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, BAU Chief Sam Kennedy gets disturbing news: the Roadside Ripper, the serial killer Sam believes murdered his college boyfriend, may not have been working alone. Though film history and preservation are not Jason’s area of expertise, he’s intrigued by the case of a well-connected UCLA film studies professor whose family believes she may have been murdered after discovering a legendary lost 1950s PI film. Working undercover gives FBI Art Crime Team agent Jason West the illusion that he’s safe from his stalker, Dr.
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