"Who are they?" Malone said carefully.
"They're some kind of kid gang, social club, something like that," Lynch said. "They call themselves the Silent Spooks."
"The what?" It seemed to Malone that the name was just a little fancy, even for a kid gang.
"The Silent Spooks," Lynch said. "I can't help it. But here they are: Ramon Otravez, Mario Grito, Silvo Envoz, Felipe Altapor, Alvarez la Barba, Juan de los Santos and Ray del Este. Right down the line." He looked up from the notebook with a blank expression on his face. "There's only one name missing, as a matter of fact. Funny it isn't there."
Malone tried to look as if he knew what was going on. "Oh?" he said.
"Yeah," Lynch said. "The Fueyo kid—Miguel Fueyo. Everybody calls him Mike."
While interesting, this did not provide much food for thought. "Why should his name be on it especially?" Malone said.
"Because he's the leader of the gang," Lynch said. "The boss. The big shot." He pointed to the list of names. "Except for him, that's all of them—the Silent Spooks."
Malone considered the missing Mike Fueyo.
He knew perfectly well, now, why Fueyo's name was not in the book.