Cold Kill by Cold Kill (retail) (epub)

Cold Kill by Cold Kill (retail) (epub)

Author:Cold Kill (retail) (epub) [Kill, Cold]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781788631785
Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Published: 2018-08-03T00:00:00+00:00


Chapter 19

Sunday

Socorro, New Mexico

'An' that's the common factor, ain't it?' Reilly asked. 'These was all young fit men, guys who probably worked out or maybe went for a run in the evenings after work. And if Jackie Bodrun was grabbed while she was out joggin', it's a pretty good bet that the others was snatched in the same way.'

'If you think about it,' Hunter said, 'somebody who's jogging is a fairly easy target, because nobody really likes running around the streets of a city. Most joggers will head out of town and run down country lanes or through the woods and fields. If they were attacked towards the end of their route, they'd be tired and not as able to defend themselves, and if the perpetrator picked the right spot there wouldn't be any witnesses.'

'Yup,' Reilly said. 'That makes a whole lot of sense. I'll get Dave to check the files on the previous two vics and see if there's any mention o' them doin' keep fit or runnin', anythin' like that.'

At that moment, Reilly's desk phone rang and he leaned forward to answer it. The conversation that followed was fairly short, and when he'd finished Reilly put down the handset and looked over at Hunter.

'Probably got another body,' he said, 'but it ain't Naomi. In fact, it ain't human, an' I don't know where it's at. That was Dave Weeks. Remember we talked to him about the way his cattle was goin' missin', an' showed him the break in the fence. Seems he decided to do his own surveillance. He bought a camera, one of them motion detector types, an' set it up down by the end o' his pasture. Last night, a coupla guys dressed all in black wandered in an' took another one o' his cows, and he's got it all on tape. Wants us to take a look at it.'

Hunter didn't reply for a moment, then he shrugged.

'I suppose we might as well. We're not getting anywhere with the hunt for the Harvestman, so let's see if we can find out who these people are. Is he coming here, or does he want us to drive out to the farm?'

'He's comin' into town,' Reilly replied. 'In fact, he'll be here pretty soon because he made that call from his mobile, an' he's already headin' this way.'

Weeks arrived about twenty minutes later, and walked straight through into the Sheriff's office. He was carrying a dark coloured canvas bag which made a faint metallic clunk when he placed it on the end of Reilly's desk. He shook hands with both men, then opened up the bag and took out a can of Coke Zero.

Reilly looked at it, then at Weeks.

'Always had you down as a beer man, Bill. You on the wagon or somethin'?'

Weeks grinned at him.

'Found this on eBay,' he said. 'I figured whoever these guys are, they'd check out the area before they made their move, just in case there was anyone around. And they'd probably check for cameras as well, so I couldn't just bolt one onto a fence post.



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