BE groupread 2021-2 Chapter 1 brief summary 152 words

[Michael Bailey]

Pages 13-20 in the Nook edition

Location NYC, upper West side, that’s to the left of Central Park from 59th
St to 110th St.
Time frame: first day of spring, 2001. Tuesday, March 20th.

Maxine walks her two sons, Otis and Ziggy, to (private) school.

Backstory of school’s founder, Otto Kugelblitz.

Meets up there with a friend, Vyrva.
Maxine agrees to take Vyrva’s daughter, Fiona, later that day while Vyrva
goes to an appointment.

Already I like Maxine.

Maxine runs Tail ‘Em and Nail ‘Em, a small fraud-investigating agency with
an office in a building that’d been built as a bank.

She goes there and overhears Daytona, her secretary, on a personal call.

Starts her work day with phone messages.

Calls back Trevor, a whistleblower.

Reminisces about a recurring fraudster, Uncle Dizzy.

Remembers her last field visit to one of his stores.

Daytona, the secretary, buzzes her to announce a visitor: Reg.