Yesterday's News

closed the door, but nobody was behind the desk. “Emil?”
    His head snaked around the corner. “Sorry. Didn’t hear you come in. Got the Sox on the tube. They’re in Oakland , and it just started. Wanna watch?”
    “I’m pretty beat. Can I just have a key?”
    Jones said, “You look like hell.”
    He was probably right there.
    “John Cuddy, you eaten anything tonight?”
    I hadn’t. “Don’t go to any trouble.”
    “No trouble at all. Got some frosties in the fridge, and a couple of Sal’s Depth Charge subs in the oven. Picked ‘em up just after you called for the room.”
    I went in and sat down on and into an easy chair. It felt as though I was never getting up again.
    Emil uncapped two Killian’s and handed one to me. “I owe you for introducing me to these.”
    He adjusted the TV so that it was equally viewable from both chairs. Sinking into his, Jones said, “So, how was your day?”

JEREMIAH HEALY is a professor at the New England School of Law. A former president of the Private Eye Writers of America , he has earned eight Shamus Award nominations, most recently for Foursome. RESCUE, the tenth novel in his acclaimed series featuring John Francis Cuddy, will soon be available from Pocket Books Hardcover. Previous entries include the Shamus Award-winner The Staked Goat, and Blunt Darts, So Like Sleep, Swan Dive, Yesterday’s News, Right to Die, Shallow Graves, Foursome, and Act of God.