The Burning Wire (Lincoln Rhyme 9)

DEMAND NOTE

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--Delivered to Andi Jessen at home.

--No witnesses.

--Handwritten.

--Sent to Parker Kincaid for analysis.

--Generic paper and ink.

--Untraceable.

--No friction ridge prints, other than A. Jessen, doorman, messenger.

--No discernible trace discovered in paper.

CRIME SCENE: BATTERY PARK

HOTEL AND SURROUNDINGS

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--Victims (deceased):

--Linda Kepler, Oklahoma City, tourist.

--Morris Kepler, Oklahoma City, tourist.

--Samuel Vetter, Scottsdale, businessman.

--Ali Mamoud, New York City, waiter.

--Gerhart Schiller, Frankfurt, Germany, advertising executive.

--Remote control switch for turning on current.

--Components not traceable.

--Bennington cable and split bolts, identical to first attack.

--Galt's Algonquin uniform, hard hat and gear bag with his friction ridge prints, no others.

--Wrench with tool marks that can be associated with tool marks on bolts at first crime scene.

--Rat-tail file with glass dust that can be associated with glass from bottle found at substation scene in Harlem.

--Probably working alone.

--Trace from Algonquin worker Joey Barzan, assault victim of Galt.

--Alternative jet fuel.

--Attack at military base?

CRIME SCENE: GALT'S APARTMENT,