Michael Connelly - Chasing the Dime

"Why didn't you tell me you were sending him?"

Pierce just looked at him. He could see the realization in Condon's face, that Pierce had not trusted him.

"I didn't know, Charlie. I couldn't talk to anybody until I knew."

Condon nodded but the hurt remained on his face.

"Must be hard. Living with all that suspicion. Must be hard to be so alone."

Now it was Pierce's turn to just nod. Condon said he was going to get some coffee and left him alone in the office.

For a few moments Pierce didn't move. He thought about Condon and what he had said.

He knew his partner's words were cutting but true. He knew it was time to change all of that.

It was still early in the day but Pierce didn't want to wait to begin. He picked up the phone and called the house on Amalfi Drive.

This book could not have been written without the help of Dr. James Heath, professor of chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, and Carolyn Chriss, researcher extraordinaire. This story is fiction. However, the science contained within it is real. The race to build the first molecular computer is real. Any errors or unintended exaggerations within the story are solely the responsibility of the author.

For their help and advice the author is also indebted to Terrill Lee Lankford, Larry Bernard, Jane Davis, Robert Connelly, Paul Connelly, John Houghton, Mary Lavelle, Linda Connelly, Philip Spitzer and Joel Gotler.

Many thanks also go to Michael Pietsch and Jane Wood for going beyond the call of duty as editors with this manuscript, and as well to Stephen Lamont for the excellent copyediting.

Michael Connelly is a former journalist and author of the bestselling series of Harry Bosch novels, including, most recently City of Bones, and the bestselling novels The Poet, Blood Work, and Void Moon. Connelly has won numerous awards for his journalism and novels, including an Edgar Award.