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In Chapter 30 of THE INVISIBLE GIRL, homicide detective Hart Klavan and rookie cop Lane Diamond decide to visit murder suspect Bettie Bee's best friend Lonny Schmerzler and put the screws to him ...
INT. HART’S UNDERCOVER VEHICLE - MOVING - NIGHT
Hart drives down the street.
Lane points the laser-tracker
out her window.
Looks at the LCD display.
HART
So I decided to string together
several short stories I’ve written
about the same private eye,
and realized I had
the start of a NOVEL --
Lane stares the device.
Shakes her head.
HART
I’m sorry. I’m boring you.
When I start talking
about my writing, I tend
to get carried away.
LANE
No, no -- it’s okay.
(sighs)
It’s just -- this is like
trying to find a beer
at an AA meeting.
HART
Tell you what.
In the morning we’ll get
the addresses of all her
classmates and go
by their houses.
Sound good?
LANE
That narrows it down a bit --
to only a few hundred places.
He stops at an intersection.
Lane looks at the street sign.
LANE
Hey. Wait a minute.
HART
What?
LANE
We’re right near
her best friend’s house,
Lonny Schmerzler.
HART
Yeah?
LANE
Well, we didn’t really
get to question him.
We got called over
to that crime scene --
(beat)
And is it just me,
or didn’t he seem
a little -- off?
(off his look)
And isn’t kind of a
coincidence that he was
just getting home
right after the murder?
HART
You have a hunch?
A feeling in your gut?
LANE
(carefully)
Yeah --
HART
That’s the mark of
a good cop, officer Diamond.
There might be hope for you yet.
LANE
You mean?
HART
(turns the wheel)
Let’s go pay him
a little visit.
LANE
Isn’t it kind of late?
HART
Element of surprise,
officer Diamond.
(beat)
Element of surprise --
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