Deadly Quotes. Escaping Psychiatry 3 by Olga Núñez Miret

Author:Olga Núñez Miret
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Escaping Psychiatry series, Psychological thriller, police procedural, strong female protagonists, serial killer, FBI mystery, crime and suspense
Publisher: Olga Núñez Miret
Published: 2018-12-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14. The Crime Scene

“WAS I OVER THE TOP?” Leah asked as they left the unit. “Perhaps I should have kept my mouth shut.”

“No, no. Not at all. You managed to make him lose his cool, not an easy task.”

“To be honest, that man gives me the creeps. I can’t imagine anything worse than having to treat him and deal with him every day.”

“In his case, I think that preventing him from doing any more harm is as good as it can get.”

“Shall I call a taxi now, or do you fancy joining the historical tour of the hospital?” Leah asked and nodded towards a group of people crowded in front of the reception building. Before Mary could answer, Leah’s phone rang.

“Yes? Ah, Marlowe. Yes, we’ve just finished talking to him. He’s tried to put us off the scent regarding the different versions of the book and he’s told us some things, but I don’t know... We’ll need time to process and digest it all. Why?... No, I was going to call a taxi right now.” Leah listened for several seconds. “And Walkden agrees? Yes, I think so. Wait a minute.” Leah covered the microphone and asked Mary, “Marlowe thought that, as we’re already travelling, we could visit the scene of the first crime. Well, the one they sent me the information about. In Sparta, Georgia. Walkden agrees. Marlowe can get us a flight for this afternoon, we could spend the night there and then go to talk to the local police department and see if they can tell us anything else, and we’ll go back to DC tomorrow evening. Is it OK with you?”

“Perfect. One never knows.”

Leah confirmed the plan with Marlowe and then called a taxi. On the way to the hotel to pick up their things, Leah told Mary more about her conversation with Marlowe.

“He’s been pondering about our feeling that we are missing something. So far he hasn’t found any new data. He told me he’s still trying to catch any interesting information but it’s like going fishing with a net with very big holes. Unless it’s something huge, we won’t catch it. We need something more concrete. And as we can’t interfere with the investigation of the cases in Washington DC, he thought about the first case, the one in Sparta. He reminded me that we didn’t have many pictures from the scene of the crime. When I asked for them, I was told their usual photographer was ill, and they’d used a volunteer who had problems with his equipment but they were trying to recover some more pictures.”

“It’s definitely worth checking. And it will give us a bit of time to reflect on what King has told us. I have a feeling he’s given us some clue, but he’s hidden it behind a smokescreen.”

“Don’t worry.” Leah smiled. “He’s convinced you’re a genius and can understand his work, so perhaps he’ll tell us everything when we visit him next.”

“Are you suggesting he’s the only one who believes I’m a genius?” Mary said, pushing her chin out and shaking her head.

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