Dark Terror by Sandra Owens & D. Falls

Author:Sandra Owens & D. Falls [Owens, Sandra & Falls, D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780999786482
Published: 2019-01-07T18:30:00+00:00

Lunch consumed and a sofa bed bought—along with sheets, a pillow, and a down comforter Gabe had insisted on—he and Harry were now not so patiently sitting in the lobby of Sherman Enterprises, waiting for the owner to speak to them.

“I’m one minute away from shooting my way in,” Harry grumbled.

“Nah, too much paperwork involved with that.” He was getting annoyed, too. They’d been cooling their heels for more than thirty minutes. “He’s playing games with us, showing us who the top dog is here.”

“No doubt.”

The receptionist kept eyeing them, clearly wondering what two detectives were doing here. The murder had been in the news, but the victim’s name hadn’t been released yet, so that hadn’t clued her in. They were still attempting to notify Sheri’s only next of kin, a sister who lived in Colorado Springs.

Since his mother was a captain in the Colorado Springs police department, Gabe had called her, asking that she send an officer to the sister’s house to notify her. The sister hadn’t been home all weekend, so this morning they’d ascertained where she worked and had gone there, only to learn that she and her husband had gone away for a long weekend and would return tonight.

When the receptionist’s gaze slid to them again, Gabe winked, amused at how fast she glanced away.

Harry pinched his arm. “Stop flirting with the poor girl.”

“Ouch. I hate it when you do that.” She already knew that, which was why she was always pinching him.

“Stop giving me reasons to.”

“And then you’d be bored out of your gourd.”

“Like I am now. On another note, I was hoping that by the time I got back, all the tension in the department would have eased, but the higher-ups are still growly.”

“Not surprising. They’re walking on eggshells with the public and the mayor, and I don’t see that easing up anytime soon.”

Over the past months the Dark Falls Police Department’s dirty laundry had been aired for all to see, and public trust was sorely lacking at the moment. Between an ME on the take and falsifying records, a tech on the take who’d tried to frame Nate Ryder, and the worst, one of their very own Major Crimes’ detectives turning out to be the X-factor serial killer, reporters were having a field day. Gabe was still having trouble believing that a man he’d worked alongside since becoming a detective had been able to hide that kind of evil from them all for years.

He and his small band of detectives had closed ranks, isolating themselves from the shitstorm that had gone down when everything had come to light. They had a job to do, and that was to protect and serve. The politics of dealing with those events wasn’t in their paygrade, so they left that to the bosses while they went about their business, that of arresting those who needed arresting and dressing up stress balls.

“I for one am glad I’m not the boss or the chief right now.” She glared at the still closed door to the inner sanctum.

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