"You mean, you think this is a mob thing?"
"Ain't it?"
"Not exactly. It's a, ah, publishing thing."
"Same difference. Meet me back here in a coupla hours. No, let's say midnight. Back here at midnight."
"Come on, Danny, can't you simply give me a call?"
Danny just looked at him. "Beter to do it in person. These guys, they don't like their names bandied about over a cell phone. Back here."
Martha Grimes, Foul Matter (2003). That the author is known principally for category fictiona long series of mysteriesjust adds a little spice.