Body Count Rise: A Christine Halloway Thriller Book 1 by G.O. Grason

Author:G.O. Grason [Grason, G.O.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-02T16:00:00+00:00

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It was around 11 in the morning when Lieutenant Baggins summoned both Detective Thompson and Detective Halloway into his office. The sun shone at its brightest, at that time of day, into the window of his office. The precinct was located in a row of buildings across the street from city hall, in lower Manhattan. Baggins was pacing the room upon the arrival of the two detectives.

"I think you've got some explaining to do," he said to the two of them, who looked as blank as a sheet of paper. He moved behind his desk and brought out newspapers and that showed derogatory and disparaging headlines about the effort of the NYPD at finding the criminals. He went on yelling and banging his fist on his desk that was cluttered with a stack of files and two picture frames of his wife and two kids. He looked calm in one of the pictures and carried a white dog in the other; he was the exact opposite of the man standing before them, yelling. He brought out another newspaper, picturing the two detectives on the front page.

"What in the hell were you two doing in a club when you should be working?" he shouted, sweating profusely. The two detectives looked at the floor, sheepishly, like two school children being scolded and apologized incoherently.

“We can’t have regular lives Lieutenant?” Thompson asked.

“Not when you’ve got multiple dead and the killer still on the loose!”

“We were discussing the case,”

"I want that son of a bitch arrested or killed immediately," Baggins yelled. “I need you two to work together. Drunk, sober, dancing or stone faced, I don’t give a shit! Just find this bastard because if I see any more bad press out of this case, you’re through! Now get the fuck out of my office.”

As they left, Baggins kept on.

“Any more mistakes and you’re suspended without pay! This is your last chance. Last chance!

“Well,” Thompson said. “I could use another drink after that.”

Christine did not respond and went straight to her office.

Thompson, once again, was alone.

The two detectives parted ways. Detective Thompson tried to run over the case in his mind, over a cup of coffee but nothing came to him. The name Robert was meaningless without any context. There was not enough there. He found himself knocking on Christine’s door once again.

“Come in,” Christine said.

“You see why I need your help on this case?” Thompson started, “I don’t need that jackass yelling at me, after begging for my help. Baggins is useless when it comes to real police work. I need you.”

"Well, that is none of my business," answered Christine as she browsed through a file.

“What did you learn from your investigation?” Thompson asked.

Christine flung the file at him.

Thompson was shocked by everything Christine had found.

"You spoke with her parents before they went missing?”

“What do you think the killer wants?” Thompson asked. “ Right now, all signs point to Grace’s ex, Robert. What are Robert’s motivations?’

“I don’t know. All I know is that he is still out there on the streets,” Christine said.

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