09-Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Cornwell

Author:Patricia Cornwell [Cornwell, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Women Sleuths, Mystery & Detective
ISBN: 9781429541763
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2008-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

I watched a fishing boat go past, an old man in hip-high boots standing as

he steered the outboard motor. He stared at us as if we were poison.

'So you could end up on anything.' Martinez enjoyed making this point.

'It wouldn't be the first time,' I said as I began to detect a very revolting

smell.

'But one way or another, we'll get you there, like we did the other doctor.

Never did get his name. How long have you worked for him?'

'Dr Hoyt and I go way back,' I said blandly.

Ahead were rusting fisheries with rising smoke, and as we got close I

could see moving conveyor belts tilted steeply toward the sky, carrying millions

of menhaden in to be processed for fertilizer and oil. Gulls circled and waited

greedily from pilings, watching the tiny, stinking fish go by as we passed other

factories that were ruins of brick crumbling into the creek. The stench now was

unbearable, and I was certainly more stoical than most.

'Cat food,' a guardsman said, making a face.

'Talk about cat breath.'

'No way I'd live around here.'

'Fish oil's real valuable. The Algonquin Indians used cogies to fertilize their corn.'

'What the hell's a cogy?' Martinez asked.

'Another name for those nasty little suckers. Where'd you go to school?'

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