The Stone Monkey

gov’t people on payroll.
    • Ghost stole red Honda sedan to escape. Vehicle locator request sent out.
         • No trace of Honda found.
    • Three bodies recovered at sea—two shot, one drowned. Photos and prints to Rhyme and Chinese police.
         • Drowned individual identified as Victor Au, the Ghost’s bangshou .
    • Fingerprints sent to AFIS.
         • No matches on any prints but unusual markings on Sam Chang’s fingers and thumbs (injury, rope burn?).
    • Profile of immigrants: Sam Chang and Wu Qichen and their families, John Sung, baby of woman who drowned, unidentified man and woman (killed on beach).
    Stolen Van, Chinatown
    • Camouflaged by immigrants with “The Home Store” logo.
    • Blood spatter suggests injured woman has hand, arm or shoulder injury.
    • Blood samples sent to lab for typing.
         • Injured woman is AB negative. Requesting more information about her blood.
    • Fingerprints sent to AFIS.
         • No matches.
    Jerry Tang Murder Crime Scene
    • Four men kicked door in and tortured him and shot him.
    • Two shell casings—match Model 51. Tang shot twice in head.
    • Extensive vandalism.
    • Some fingerprints.
         • No matches except Tang’s.
    • Three accomplices have smaller shoe size than Ghost, presumably smaller stature.
    • Trace suggests Ghost’s safehouse is probably downtown, in Battery Park City area.
    • Suspected accomplices from Chinese ethnic minority. Presently pursuing whereabouts.
         • Uighurs from Turkestan Community and Islamic Center of Queens.
            • Cell phone calls lead to 805 Patrick Henry Street, downtown.
    Canal Street Shooting Crime Scene
    • Additional trace suggesting safehouse is in Battery Park City area.
    • Stolen Chevrolet Blazer, untraceable.
    • No match on prints.
    • Safehouse carpet: Arnold company’s Lustre-Rite, installed in past six months; calling contractors to get list of installations.
         • Locations of installations determined: 32 near Battery Park City.
    • Fresh gardening mulch found.
    • Body of Ghost’s accomplice: ethnic minority from west or northwest China. Negative on prints. Weapon was Walther PPK.
    • Details on immigrants:
         • The Changs: Sam, Mei-Mei, William and Ronald; Sam’s father, Chang Jiechi, and infant, Po-Yee. Sam has job arranged but employer and location unknown. Driving blue van, no make, no tag number. Changs’ apartment is in Queens.
         • The Wus: Qichen, Yong-Ping, Chin-Mei and Lang.
    Safehouse Shooting Crime Scene
    • Fingerprints and photos of Chang Jiechi’s hands reveal father—and son Sam—are calligraphers. Sam Chang might be doing printing or sign painting. Calling stores and companies in Queens.
    • Biosolids on deceased’s shoes suggest they live in neighborhood near sewage treatment plant.
    • Ghost uses feng shui practitioner to arrange his living space.
    Fuzhou Dragon Crime Scene
    • Ghost used new C4 to blow up ship. Checking origin of explosive through chemical markers.
    • Large quantity of new U.S. bills found in Ghost’s cabin.
    • Approx. $20,000 in used Chinese yuan found in cabin.
    • List of victims, air charter details and bank deposit information. Checking name of sender in China.
    • Captain alive but unconscious.
         • Regained consciousness, now in INS detention.
    • Beretta 9mm, Uzi. Unable to trace.
    Sonny Li Murder Crime Scene
    • Killed by new Glock 36, .45-caliber. (Gov’t issue?)
    • Tobacco.
    • Flecks of yellow paper.
    • Unidentified plant material (herbs, spices, drugs?).
    • Magnesium silicate (talc) under fingernails.

Chapter Forty-four
    The Ghost involuntarily flinched, half-expecting Yindao to shoot him without warning—which is what he, of course, would have done had the circumstances been reversed.
    But the muzzle of the black weapon traveled past him in a blur and came to rest on the man in the backseat.
    “Not an inch, Coe. Don’t move an inch. Keep your hands where I can see ’em.”
    “What . . . What is this?” Coe asked, rearing back in shock.
    “Don’t move,” she snapped. “One hand disappears and you’re dead.”
    “I don’t—” The agent blinked.
    “You understand me?”
    “Yes, I fucking understand you,” he spat out angrily. “You better tell me what this is all about.”
    “On the phone a minute ago? Lincoln had a little more to tell me