CAUSE TO RUN (An Avery Black Mystery--Book 2) by Blake Pierce by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-09-13T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY SIX

Avery tried to keep her excitement in check as she left the bookstore. She had just made a startling connection between the killer and his first victim: Henrietta Venemeer was a Gemini, and she’d been left to look like the sign of Gemini on a boat. But that was all Avery had. As gratifying as it was to know, she had no idea why.

Is he killing women for their astrological signs? she wondered. What if he doesn’t know them at all? What if it’s just about their signs? No, she thought. That’s not possible. He must be familiar with them somehow.

Puzzle pieces with no form made her agitated and eager to act.

The Eye of Horus Bookstore was nearly impossible to find, a dark hole-in-the wall shop down a flight of stairs, stuffed between two large corporate buildings. On the way there, Avery had researched the owner, Mark Guzman. No record was on file.

After she parked, she made one more call to Ramirez.

The cop inside of her, the lead detective that expected her partner to be there whenever she needed, was upset that Ramirez hadn’t called her back, but a part of her realized it was more than that. He has a crush on you. He saved your life and he’s been hitting on you since the day you met and finally you returned his advances and then you gave him the cold shoulder. Too bad! she mentally snapped. Regardless of whatever personal issues we may be going through, he’s still my partner; he has to pick up.

Ramirez answered on the third ring. The typical enthusiasm and childish glee was gone from his voice, replaced with a distant monotone.

“What’s up?” he said.

“What do you mean ‘what’s up’?” she replied. “I’ve been calling you all day. Where have you been? We’ve got a lead.”

“Yeah, I got your message.”

“It’s astrology,” Avery continued. “The killer was trying to leave a message at the first body. The victim was placed that way like the sign of Gemini. The second victim might represent Aquarius. If she was a victim of our killer. One of Venemeer’s friends gave me a lead. I’m out front at the Eye of Horus Bookstore, downtown. Can you get over here? I need my partner.”

That last part hooked him in.

“I’ll be there in a few.” He sighed.

“What’s wrong?” she demanded.

Silence for a moment.

“We’ll talk soon,” he said and hung up.

First Jack and now this, Avery thought. That’s all I need. Another talk.

The bell jingled at the front door of the shop.

Inside, the bookstore was dark and tiny and cramped. There was barely enough room to walk down a single aisle. Rows of bookshelves branched off every ten feet on either side of the main pathway. Everywhere she looked, books were piled high. None of the titles appeared recent. They were old, mostly hardcover. One of the bindings read Death Spells. Avery ran her hand along another: Witches’ Brews. As soon as she entered, the man behind a counter casually glanced up.

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