Thick as Thieves (41 page)
Authors: Peter Spiegelman
The frames are empty still—the photographs of Carr’s parents lost in Prager’s toolshed, or in the storm, or maybe to the sea—and the glass panes are like black windows. Arthur Carr has assured him that there are other photos of them—
just as damned blurry
—in a box somewhere in the attic, but Carr has yet to look. It’s freezing up there now, and there are dozens of boxes to search, and Carr knows that in these matters his father is not reliable.
Carr straightens the frames on the piano, carries his coffee mug to the kitchen, and raises every window shade along the way.
Peter Spiegelman is a veteran of more than twenty years in the financial services and software industries and has worked with leading financial institutions in major markets around the globe. Mr. Spiegelman is the author of
Black Maps
, which won the 2004 Shamus Award for Best First Novel;
Death’s Little Helpers;
and
Red Cat
. He lives in Connecticut.