Black and Blue: A Doug Brock Thriller by David Rosenfelt

Author:David Rosenfelt [Rosenfelt, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 9781250133144
Google: 3AqBDwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B07D2BRTYX
Barnesnoble: B07D2BRTYX
Goodreads: 39863452
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2019-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

This morning I’m back at the house of Cynthia Morris, Phelan’s ex-wife.

The house has been locked up and guarded by cops ever since she was gunned down while getting her mail, but today a search warrant is being executed for the contents.

Helen Mizell and Walter Brookings had connections to Danny Phelan, albeit obscure ones. I have to assume that there was some discord or friction between the victims and Phelan that we just don’t know about yet. It is probable that Mizell and Brookings weren’t even aware of it, or had no recollection.

It could have been some real or perceived slight that took on a large significance in Phelan’s warped mind, yet meant nothing to Mizell and Brookings. Certainly it was nothing that they thought they were going to die for.

If his notes to me are to be believed, and so far he’s been backing them up, then Phelan has almost a hundred additional victims on his hit list. They might be people who he’s carried similar grudges against over the years, all of whom he now plans deadly retribution against.

So we have to dig into Phelan’s life and learn what we can. Maybe we can find something that will protect one of his targets, or even help apprehend him. More likely not, but, like sending up the choppers, there’s no downside to trying.

Of course, in the murder of Cynthia Morris, there is no need to search for some hidden grudge. She divorced him and refused to take him back, so a reason for his resentment of her is out in the open.

I don’t have an important role here today; the officers executing the warrant know what they’re doing. They also know that they are not here to make value judgments about potential evidentiary value; if something could be of the slightest, remotest significance, they are to catalogue it and take it back to the station.

I’m standing out front when I get a call from Captain Bradley. “The FBI is entering the case,” he says. “You know the drill. It doesn’t change what we’re doing, but we’ll need to cooperate.”

I’ve expected this; in fact, I’m surprised it took so long. “Under what jurisdiction?”

“Not that they need any, but if we think he’s hiding in the woods in North Jersey, then those woods extend into New York. They view it as unlikely he would be observing state borders, so there is a credible reason to think he’s traveled across them.”

“The more the merrier,” I say.

“Your very large partner was slightly less welcoming when I told him.”

I actually have no problem with this development; if it helps to get Phelan off the streets, I’m all for it. “I have a smaller ego than Nate,” I say.

“You have a smaller everything than Nate. How’s it going at the ex-wife’s house?”

“A barrel of laughs. I’m coming back in.…” I stop because a car pulls up and Julie Phelan gets out. She’s alone, and she looks angry as she walks toward me. I hope I can get my knees to stop shaking before she gets here.

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