A Deadly Development by James Green

Author:James Green
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: suspense, murder, mystery, homicide, politics, police, kansas city
Publisher: James Green

Twenty minutes later he was back at headquarters. Another morning and no real suspects. The pseudo-suspect was in the morgue, Dick Houlihan didn’t look promising, and Captain Michaels was even less happy than the night before.

“Tell me, gentlemen, how do you not collar a two-bit criminal before he decides to decorate I-70 with his blood?”

“Well, I was going to catch him, but Burke decided to be the hero and chased the guy into traffic,” Thurber offered, trying to be funny.

“Fuck off Jack, you couldn’t have caught him if he had run to Arkansas. Hell, you’d be still chasing him if you hadn’t dropped dead by now.”

“Knock it off!” Michaels growled. “I don’t have time for your stupid comedy routine. I have the Chief and the Mayor all over my ass on this. We need results. Now! What do I tell them?”

“Tell them that the investigation is moving forward. We are being thorough,” Burke responded. “A possible suspect got killed running into traffic. We are still working the case hard. I already have eliminated one suspect this very morning and it isn’t even 9:30.”

Burke was fibbing some on this. He doubted Houlihan was a suspect, but he hadn’t called the restaurant yet. They wouldn’t be open for another couple of hours, so he hadn’t bothered. Michaels wasn’t in the mood for this type of detail, so he kept his mouth shut.

Michaels grunted and leaned back in his chair.

“It will have to do for now, but you two knuckleheads better have someone, in custody by Friday!”

“Yes sir,” Burke and Thurber responded and left Michaels’ office without even being asked.

“What now?” Thurber asked while plopping himself into the chair in his office.

“Let’s go talk to Douglas’ probation officer,” Burke said while putting on his jacket, “It’s a short walk and there had to be some reason he ran the second he saw us.”

“You don’t think he really killed Vithous?”

Burke shook his head.

“No, but it can’t hurt to close the door on him as a suspect. We can just cross him off our incredibly short list of two. I met with the ex-chief of staff this morning. He’s a dead end. Plus we aren’t going to get Vithous’ financial records until late this afternoon. We might as well do something productive.”

Burke headed for the door and Jack followed him outside.

It had heated up considerably since he left the restaurant. Kansas City’s capricious weather was in full swing. Workers from police headquarters, the Jackson County Courthouse, City Hall and several law firms were making the most of it. They were sunning themselves, sitting on benches, retaining walls, and a park that was just north of City Hall. “Wish we had the time to sit and sun ourselves,” Burke said.

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