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The Sandler Inquiry
by
Noel Hynd

APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH

It was a small elevator, the sort one finds added into narrow older
buildings. Thomas Daniels and Leslie McAdam stepped inside. They were
followed by two meaty businessmen who pushed past and stood behind
them. One man carried a brown woolen scarf in Its thick hands.

Thomas pushed the button for three. The elevator door closed and
the elevator rattled upward, jerking to a hesitant halt at the third
floor. Thomas allowed Leslie to step out first. As Thomas stepped out
he heard the elevator door start to close and at the same instant the
brown scarf looped downward over his head. It caught him around the
throat and yanked him backward.

Gagging, Thomas fell against the closed elevator door, his fingers
digging at the scarf that was tight as a hangman's noose. The elevator
began to rise, lifting him with it. In five more seconds his neck
would be crushed.

From the corner of his bulging eyes he could see Leslie, frozen where
she stood. What the hell's she doing? he thought. Standing!
Watching! She drew me here for this!

Suddenly she bolted toward him, tearing open her purse. He saw
something flash in her hand, and saw it was a blade....

 for m. a. k." d h." and e. d. h.

with love

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First Zebra Books printing: July, 1990 Printed in the United States of
America Part One

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