The Gentlemen's Hour

105

Back in his own office, Boone switches on his computer, sticks in the thumbdrive, and peruses Schering’s billing records.

He seems to have been working on four cases at the time of his death.

One of them is a multimillion-dollar house on a ridge in Del Mar that appears to have developed a serious slab crack in the foundation, with further cracking in the driveway. The second apparently involves major stucco cracking throughout a strip mall in Solana Beach. The third features a condo complex on the bluffs overlooking the beach. The bluff, as far as Boone can discern, appears to be sliding away.

The fourth is the infamous La Jolla sinkhole.