A Merciful Death by Elliot Kendra
Author:Elliot, Kendra [Elliot, Kendra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, thriller, Romance, Suspense, Crime, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781477818268
Amazon: 147781826X
Goodreads: 31548529
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2017-01-17T08:00:00+00:00
TWENTY
Truman sat at his desk, looking at the broken-mirrors photos from Ned Faheyâs and Enoch Finchâs homes. Heâd memorized the photos from Uncle Jeffersonâs home. Now he stared at the others, searching for something in common and wondering if he could figure out what had been used to break the mirrors.
Bullets had destroyed the mirrors in Jeffersonâs home. Just as theyâd destroyed his uncle.
But no bullets had been found behind the mirrors in the other two homes.
Why hadnât anyone else connected the mirrors from the old cases yet? Surely there was a police officer or county deputy who recalled that detail. Why had it been pointed out by someone whoâd been a teenager at the time?
Coincidence?
If Mercy Kilpatrick hadnât been assigned to the murders, would those two old cases still be sitting in the file room? Waiting for Lucas to run a duster over their box?
Truman didnât believe in coincidences. Not yet, anyway.
He laid out all the broken-mirror pictures on his desk. Five different cases. Fourteen different pictures. The glass of each small accessory mirror had fallen out of its frame, but the bathroom mirrors had stayed glued in place. Except for in one of the Vargas bathrooms, where the mirror had been a medicine cabinet door and itâd crumbled to pieces across the counter.
Did the same person cause all this destruction?
Why?
Truman wanted to bang his head on his desk. It would be as helpful as staring at pictures.
âChief?â Royce Gibson stepped into his office. âYou wanted an update on the agents?â
A pang of guilt struck Trumanâs chest. âSure.â
âSpecial Agent Peterson headed in the direction of Bend. I assume heâs going to the FBI office. Special Agent Kilpatrick headed out on Route Eighty-Two this morning. I didnât follow either of them outside the city limits.â
Truman thought for a minute. âRick Turner lives off Eighty-Two, right?â
âYes, sir.â
Mercy had been headed toward her sisterâs house. Truman wondered if she was nervous. She hadnât said much about her sister that morning, but Truman had put enough pieces together to know it wasnât going to be an easy visit.
âThanks, Royce.â
The cop lingered in the doorway, shifting from one foot to another and letting his gaze roam about the room.
âIs there something else?â Suspicion prickled at the back of Trumanâs neck.
âIt might be stupid.â
âLet me be the judge of that.â
Royce fidgeted some more. âThereâre rumors going about. Not a lot, but Iâve heard it three times now. And everyone says they donât know if itâs true.â
âWhat is it, Royce?â Eagleâs Nest thrived on rumor. Truman got some of his best information from the gossip chain. Along with a lot of garbage.
âEver hear of the cave man?â he asked in a wavering voice.
Truman raised a brow. Inaâs cave man?
Royceâs face turned red and he studied his shoes. âYou said to tell you everything.â
âSpit it out.â
The cop managed to look him in the eye. âI heard some hunters spotted weapons near a cave along with signs of someone living there. They left quickly, afraid theyâd stumbled onto personal property.
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