Bloody Ties (Serenity's Plain Secrets Book 8) by Karen Ann Hopkins

Author:Karen Ann Hopkins [Hopkins, Karen Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-21T22:00:00+00:00

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Serenity

Toby took his photos of the corpse and then compared the tattoos to the ones on the man in the surveillance photo. After about ten minutes of him doing his job, he finally looked up. “This is definitely our guy.”

“Manuel Rivas, what the hell were you doing in my town?” I muttered between my teeth.

Toby zipped the body bag up and rolled it back into cold storage. We were alone. Bobby was in his office, still going over the measly evidence we’d collected at the Regio crime scene.

I zipped up my jacket. The basement morgue was always cold. “What are your thoughts as to why Rivas was here?”

Toby leaned back against the drawers as leisurely as if he were sipping a piña colada on a beach in Tahiti. I didn’t like being in the windowless room with dead people in refrigerated drawers. It always made me feel sick. Toby didn’t seem to have that problem.

“The gang he ran with was a vicious group. Murder was their thing—especially contract killings. I doubt he traveled from Arizona to Indiana to sell or buy drugs. He must have been under contract to take someone out.”

“But who?” I tightened my ponytail with a hard jerk. “Like I said before, Blood Rock has a fair share of drug users, but not much going on with production.”

“You mentioned the Ogden fellow. He might be deeper into the slush than you think.”

“True. He mostly trades in the type of weapons that other rednecks like to keep propped up behind their doors. He’s dabbled in hashish and meth—stuff that can be grown, extracted or produced in small quantities in in the woods. The Ogdens are also known for their moonshine.”

“Really?” Toby perked up considerably. “How far is their compound from here?”

“About a forty-five-minute drive. The property sits right on the county line.” I looked at my watch, anticipating his next question.

“Looks like we share jurisdiction on this investigation, Sheriff. I’d like to visit Mr. Ogden, ask him a few questions.” He was almost grinning.

I sighed, thinking. “The Ogdens don’t like visitors of any kind, and they don’t take kindly to surprises.”

“Will our lives be in danger?” Toby asked in a perfectly serious tone.

“Let’s just say, I usually wouldn’t go up there without a lot backup.”

“Perfect. My kind of scene.” Toby came away from the wall of drawers. “We’re going alone. I trust you, Sheriff, but no one else around here. Sometimes you have to be a little unorthodox to get the job done. You know what I mean?”

Hell yeah. I knew exactly what he was talking about.

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