Already Dead (A Laura Frost FBI Suspense Thriller—Book 5) by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2022-03-27T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Laura walked in through the doors of the precinct and clocked Agent Won immediately. He was sitting at the desk they had been assigned – well, not at it, but on it, apparently holding court with three of the local detectives. He was talking something over with them, expressing himself with his hands – which made her feel very nervous indeed.

She wished she didn’t have to feel quite so much like a babysitter, but there it was.

“Agent Won,” she called out, as she headed into the room. She could have added some kind of catty remark, like nice of you to join us, but she held her tongue. She could make him feel guilty for sleeping in on their own time. Putting him down in front of other officers wasn’t right.

“Oh, Agent Frost,” he said, turning and quickly leaping down from the desk. “I was just discussing with Frank, Steve, and Mandy here about the possibility of a new angle.”

Laura tilted her head, coming to a stop in front of him. “Well,” she said. “Let’s hear it.” She had nothing to lose, after all. Talking to Mrs. Powers had been something of a bust – more confusing than anything else.

“Fire,” he said, triumphantly, as if it explained everything.

Laura raised an eyebrow at him.

“Well,” Agent Won said, hastily, clearly excited about his idea. “The killer likes candles, right? He likes lighting the flame. It’s always burning when we get there, and I think that’s significant.”

“I’m sure it is,” Laura agreed, though what she wasn’t sure about was that they were on the same page.

“I think he likes fire in particular,” Agent Won said. “Most killers usually graduate from smaller, more petty crimes into murder, right? And pyromania is quite common among serial killers. I think that’s what we’re dealing with, here. He’s a pyromaniac, and he lights the candle because he can’t resist adding a touch of flame to his murders as well.”

Laura turned it over in her head, glancing at the cops behind Agent Won. They all looked fairly eager, like they were buying into it and wanted to get started on the investigation in this direction. It was easy to get swept up in the excitement of a new theory, especially when you didn’t have one to begin with. They were probably also pretty excited about getting something to work on from an FBI agent, given that they didn’t see many big cases down here.

But all that didn’t mean that Laura couldn’t also see where he was coming from. She thought about her vision of the flames – something she couldn’t share, but it did back up Agent Won’s theory. It could even be possible that was what the visions were trying to tell her – to look for someone who was obsessed with the flames.

But, still…

“It’s a good theory,” she conceded. “But why doesn’t he bring fire into it more? Why not light the bodies on fire to hide the evidence of his crimes, or burn down

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