![]() ![]() Mac, apparently by chance, encounters a man on a plane. Fortunately for the world of victims and novel readers, Mac and Padillo are tough as rattlesnakes and deeply disliking of the professional spies and hangers-on who try to mess up their lives. Michael Padillo strongarms himself into partnership with McCorkle as a cover, much as he himself was strongarmed by the anonynous suits with Ivy League accents. East Berlin is enemy territory and one of mine hosts is an American spy, albeit reluctantly. This Mac's Place though is in Bad Godesberg and the Cold War is going strong. They are dark and quiet with the furniture growing just a little shabby, the carpet stained to an indeterminate shade by spilled drinks and cigarette ashes, and the barman friendly and fast but tactful enough to let it ride if you walk in with someone else's wife." "You can probably find a couple of thousand spots like Mac's Place in New York, Chicago or Los Angeles. ![]()
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