Chapter 10 Summary

In this chapter, the reader is introduced to a new character, Slick Moeller, a veteran police reporter. Slick's life is reporting on crime, and he is the best at what he does. He has the connections necessary to get around town in places no ordinary person dares to tread, to get tips and secrets from everyone from cops to criminals. Everybody knows his word is worth something. Slick found out that Foltrigg and the New Orleans FBI are in town, and he begins to dig for the story. He starts at the hospital, where Ricky is recovering. Slick tries to pry information out of an orderly. The orderly resists at first, but due to Slick's skill, ends up telling Slick that Ricky is not doing well, and the cops have been all over the place. Also, the family seems to have hired a...