CRIME OF RETRIBUTION: A Gripping Crime Mystery Full of Twists by Rayna Morgan

Author:Rayna Morgan [Morgan, Rayna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rayna Morgan
Published: 2021-08-15T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

After listening to Dan’s account of his latest attack, Lea pulled him into the conference room. Spread on the table were files, notepads, and writing instruments in various shapes and colors.

She picked up a marker and scribbled across the writing board on the wall. Who wants to kill Dan?

“I take it this means you no longer view these episodes as accidents,” he said wryly.

“People shooting a couple of rounds at your boat is hardly the same as the San Verde incident unless you call that sloppy driving as well. Next, you’ll tell me they were only trying to kill fish.”

“I’m afraid you’re right. As repugnant as the idea is, I’m reconciled to the notion someone wants me dead.”

“We’ll list all potential suspects,” she told him. “Then strike them off as we eliminate them.”

“You and your lists,” Dan grumbled.

“It’s my way of staying focused. I prefer it to your hit-and-miss manner of doing things.”

The corners of his mouth lifted a fraction. “You fail to grasp the method in my madness.”

She rolled her eyes. “Your so-called method is to let facts percolate inside your head until an idea spills out. In the meantime, you swagger around all confidence and conceit, acting as if you know what you’re doing.”

“It’s a style that works for me.”

“Hardly a methodical approach,” she said disapprovingly.

“How about we employ your strength in the brains department and my strength in the swagger department?” he suggested. “Could be the basis for a great team.”

“You’ve got more brains than you let on,” she suggested.

“And you’ve got more swagger than you’ll admit to.”

“From the hint of laughter in your eyes, I suspect you’re mocking me.”

“Not for a minute. It’s a fact you don’t own up to.”

She turned back to the board. “Kindly indulge me in the method that works for me. Let’s proceed.”

Her first entry was Rancho Hidalgo, under which she listed two suspects.

Owner - Richard Wolf

Manager - Carl Jensen

“Who did your buddy Johnson come up with?”

Dan remunerated his conversation with Woody. She continued writing as he spoke.

Drug cartel in Texas with links to West Coast

Munson case - victim’s husband

Pilot in Special Forces

“What about anyone you’ve met socially?”

He grinned. “My social skills aren’t so terrible that people want to kill me.”

“What makes you think that? Hardly a day goes by I don’t feel like strangling you. But I’m referring to anyone with whom you’ve had run-ins.”

He raked his fingers through his hair. “There was a guy at the Whale’s Tail hassling Stacy. He and I had a few words before the bartender threw him out.”

“Stacy?”

“The singer. She finished her last set and was leaving the stage when he stood in her way and wouldn’t let her pass.”

“Why did you interfere?”

“The table she was coming to was mine.”

Lea raised an eyebrow. “Are you two on friendly terms?”

“I was merely pursuing my love of jazz,” he replied smugly. “She’s talented. I was interested in hearing where she got her start.”

“The guy who was thrown out. Was he drunk or did he know her?”

“She thinks her ex-husband may have sent him.

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