"Hey Miles, you still meeting with Priya?" I tossed my cell, which was on speakerphone, onto Moriarty's passenger seat and started the engine.

"I can't understand you."

I swallowed the bulging mass of tiny Ritz crackers and cheese in my mouth. "Priya. Is she there?"

"Yeah, why? Did you want to speak to her?"

"No. Apologize to her for interrupting but I need your help. It's urgent." I explained about Nadija as succinctly as possible, starting with the ...