Copp On Ice, A Joe Copp Thriller (Joe Copp Private Eye Series) (26 page)

Many new faces at the PD already, of course. Zarraza was made a sergeant of detectives and he's actually running the homicide detail until everything shakes out in the reorganization. Ramirez is gone, a lot of them are gone, and a lot of them will be facing charges in the days ahead. Some are already behind bars—a couple of patrol teams and a dispatcher, in particular, in connection with the ambush of Hanson and Rodriguez, which of course was ordered by Boyd as the new "chairman of the board."

I can drop in there any time I like, now, and get a nice reception. Many of those guys were damned glad to see the shakeup come down, and some of them still call me Chief. Funny, isn't it? Never saw myself as a Chief, forever an Indian. Naw, I'd make a terrible chief. I get bored too easy, and I can't stand the politics.

Sort of enjoy having a partner, though, after all this time. Maybe I fall in love too easy, too, but what is a world without love? I believe Lila is looking over my shoulder as I write this. She wants to go to the Boathouse and rape another Woody's steak sandwich.

I could do that.

What the hell. I'd love to do that.

About the Author

Don Pendleton is the author of
The Executioner
series featuring Mack Bolan, which has sold more than 60 million copies to date.
 
Copp For Hire
, Mr. Pendleton’s debut hardcover novel, was published to critical acclaim by Donald I. Fine, Inc.
 
Joe Copp returned in 1988 with the popular encore novel,
Copp On Fire
; in 1989 with
Copp in Deep;
in 1990 with
Copp in the Dark.
 
Copp on Ice is the fifth book in the Joe Copp Series.
 
Don Pendleton and his wife, Linda, make their home in West Covina, California.

First Edition, Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1991
 

Kindle Edition, February 2010.