A Song for the Dead: A totally addictive edge-of-your-seat crime thriller (Detectives Kane and Alton Book 21) by D.K. Hood

Author:D.K. Hood [Hood, D.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781837905089
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2024-01-07T18:30:00+00:00

THIRTY

Kane whistled Duke to his side and walked slowly around the house. The driveway extended along one side, curling around back to stop in front of an old shed. He pulled out his phone and took images of the disturbed grass in the backyard. The dirt was dry and hard-packed but some of the overgrown weeds had been bent over, suggesting a vehicle had used the area to turn around. He searched around but found no tire tracks, oil spills, or anything else and went to examine the back door. He used his phone light to illuminate the lock. Peering inside, he made out evidence to indicate the lock had been professionally picked. “This is how he got inside. No deadbolt on the back door, just a regular lock, maybe thirty years old.” He patted Duke on the head. “I figure he carried the body out this way.” He pulled an evidence bag from his pocket and opened it for Duke to smell the pair of socks he’d found in Daisy’s room. “Seek.”

Duke moved back and forth, from the door to the driveway, and stopped twice. Once, he returned to the back door and stood on his hind legs, barked, and sat down. Kane walked to the door and turned the handle. The door swung open and he could hear Wolfe giving orders from inside. “What do you smell, boy?” He scanned the floor and then inside the door found a small patch of discoloration on the paintwork of the doorframe. “Good boy.” He took images and waved Duke away. “Seek.”

Duke retraced his steps with his head moving back and forth, tail sticking out behind him like a rudder. When he reached the driveway, he barked and sat down again. Kane hurried over and dropped to his knees to examine the ground. Small brownish watery marks, as if something had been rested on the concrete driveway, stood out clearly. He took more photos and took a piece of chalk from his pocket and circled the mark. He glanced up as Jenna came around the side of the house and stood. “He carried her out the back door and had his vehicle parked here, out of sight. Duke found what could be blood on the doorframe and again here on the driveway.”

“That sounds like he carried her out wrapped in the blankets, maybe rested her on the ground to open the back of a truck or a van?” Jenna chewed on her bottom lip. “That blows our theory that he carries the bodies around in bags.”

Kane shook his head and waved a hand around. “Look at this place. There’s no one close enough to see what he’s doing. It could have floodlights, and no one would see. He could have dropped her into a bag here, and that’s where he rested her to put her inside.” He walked back and forth. “If he placed her in a fetal position before he wrapped her, like he’s done before, that would account for the smear on the doorframe.

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