Detection Mission (Texas K-9 Unit) by Daley Margaret

Author:Daley, Margaret [Daley, Margaret]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Love Inspired
Published: 2013-02-01T06:00:00+00:00

Listening to his police radio, Lee drove the streets of Sagebrush, trying to figure out where the assailant would go to hide. The police and sheriff had moved fast to shut down all roads leading out of town. He’d identified the man as Keith West from his DMV photo. His mistake was driving his own car to kill Heidi.

At an intersection, Lee glanced at Kip stretched out on the backseat. The vet had given his dog a clean bill of health as far as anything broken. No fractures showed on the X-ray, but his leg was bruised and swollen a little. According to the doc, Kip would be better soon. The vet gave his partner something to help that along.

Recalling his conversation earlier today with Heidi about the criminal activity in the Lost Woods, especially in the past few years, Lee directed his SUV toward them. He would canvas the east side while he called it in to have some other officers check the other ways into the woods. There were a handful.

An hour later, after going down one dirt road after another, he made a hundred-eighty-degree turn at another dead end. As he did, his headlights shone briefly on something white. A surge of adrenaline zipped through Lee as he called in his location, asking for backup. When he started to climb from his SUV, Kip perked up, his tail wagging.

“No, boy. You have to stay here. I’m not taking a chance of making your injury worse. I’ll wait for reinforcements.”

Ten minutes later as Lee stood at his car, scanning his surroundings and listening, the sound of a car coming down the road toward him bounced off the trees around him. Valerie parked next to his vehicle and both she and her dog joined him.

Lee pointed toward the white vehicle about ten yards off the road, hidden partially by the dense woods. “That’s got to be West’s car. Since he couldn’t drive out of town, he must’ve decided to find a place to hide until we give up the search.”

“And these woods are a perfect place to do that. How’s Kip? I heard about him getting injured.”

“He’ll be all right. The medicine the vet gave him and some rest will help. That’ll be the hardest part of all of this—trying to get him to rest.”

Valerie chuckled as she peered at the back window where Kip looked out. “He’s a workhorse. All our dogs are. Let’s put Lexi to work. We’ll start at the car and see if we get a scent she can follow.”

“I wonder if he’s holed up in the cave system where Brady was found. West was in the woods that day and may have a connection to the kidnapping besides the other two men we know of. I want to catch him alive and get him to talk.”

Wearing his night-vision goggles, standard equipment for the K-9 Unit for cases like this, Lee led the way to the vehicle. At the car, Valerie opened the driver’s door and let Lexi smell the seat.

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