Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. Vol. 111, No. 1. Whole No. 677, January 1998

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L. J. Washburn’s sleuth Lucas Hallam debuted a decade ago in a story for a Private Eye Writers of America anthology. Since then be has brought his author several honors, including a Shamus Award for best novel. The last Hallam story EQMM published (“Double Take” 12/95) was selected for The Years 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories.

Hallam hadn’t been to Fort Worth since the late twenties. A lot had changed in a decade and a half. Back then, even though Fort Worth had already grown into a city, a man could look at the place and see the frontier town it had once been. Now those vestiges of an earlier time were pretty much gone, replaced by structures of glass and steel that speared toward the sky and almost made Hallam feel like he was back in L.A.

Beside him, his daughter Beth let out a surprised whistle. “You didn’t tell me Fort Worth was this big, Lucas,” she said.

“Didn’t know it was,” Hallam replied as he picked up their suitcases and started through the lobby of the train station. The redheaded twelve-year-old hurried along beside him, carrying a smaller bag. Her coltish legs enabled her to keep up with her father’s long strides.

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