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Hidden River

Plot:  In Denver investigating.  Alex and John (companion and cop) talk to Victoria's semi-boss. He's the one that tipped Victoria's parents that she may have been murdered.  He implicates his bosses, the Mulhollands, two wealthy brothers. Alex and John do a follow up interview; their informant gets nervous, edgy, drunk.  There is a scuffle and he falls off his balcony (seven stories up) and dies.  Alex and John flee.  Police follow, gunshots, escape on a train to SF, but they need to get tickets.  They get off to buy tickets and somehow miss getting back on.  Detective Redhorse is there.  They buy a ticket to Chicago. Train late.  Alex shoots up.  Redhorse on to them?  Back on the train with Redhorse accompanying them.  Train delayed in Denver for a day.  They get off and find a dive rental for a few days.

Interesting technique.  McKinty repeatedly tells us what will happen.  John, for example, will end up dead and his body dumped.  So the mystery is -- how will this come about.

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