"Could you tell which one the vampire got to if you were here?"
I glanced at my boss's face. If I missed another night during our busiest season, he might fire me. There were days when I didn't think I'd care. This wasn't one of them. "Look for memory losses; hours, or even entire nights."
"Anything else?"
"If someone has been feeding info to the vampires, they may not remember it, but a good hypnotist will be able to raise the memory."
"The lawyer is screaming about rights and warrants. We've only got a warrant for the files, not for their minds."
"Ask him if he wants to be responsible for tonight's murder victim, one of his own clients?"
"She; the lawyer's a woman," he said.
How embarrassing and how sexist of me. "Ask her if she's willing to explain to her client's family why she obstructed your investigation."
"The clients won't know unless we let it out," he said.
"That's true," I said.
"Why, that would be blackmail, Ms. Blake."
"Isn't it, though?" I said.
"You had to be a cop in a past life," he said. "You're too devious not to be."
"Thanks for the compliment."
"Any hypnotists you'd recommend?"
"Alvin Thormund. Wait a sec and I'll get his number for you." I got out my thin business card holder. I tried to only keep cards I wanted to refer to from time to time. We'd used Alvin for several cases of vampire victims with amnesia. I gave Dolph the number.
"Thanks, Anita."
"Let me know what you find out. I might be able to identify the vampire involved."
"You want to be there when we put them under?"
I glanced at Bert. His face was still relaxed, pleasant. Bert at his most dangerous.
"I don't think so. Just make a recording of the session. If I need to, I'll listen to it later."
"Later may mean another body," he said. "Your boss giving you trouble again?"
"Yeah," I said.
"You want me to talk to him?" Dolph asked.
"I don't think so."
"He being a real bastard about it?"
"The usual."
"Okay, I'll call this Thormund and record the sessions. I'll let you know if we find out anything."
"Beep me."
"You got it." He hung up. I didn't bother to say good-bye. Dolph never did.