Detective Matt Sinclair Mystery 02-Thrill Kill by Thiem Brian

Author:Thiem, Brian [Thiem, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense, American Suspense, Police Procedural, Crime Thriller, Murder Investigation, Oakland, California, Serial Killer
ISBN: 9781629537825
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Published: 2016-08-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Sinclair met Braddock at the office at nine the following morning. It was Saturday, so he conceded an hour so she could spend some morning time with her kids. When Sinclair had left the Scottish Rite Temple with Fred last night, they’d seen Whitt climbing into the back of a Jaguar sedan, giving Sinclair a perfect opportunity to quiz Fred about him. They both were top-level corporate executives in Oakland, and Fred had served on various boards and socialized with Whitt at various events for more than twenty years. Sixteen years ago, Whitt’s wife filed for divorce when she discovered he was having an affair. After a high-profile court battle, which Fred said was in all the papers, they’d reconciled. A year later, she died in a single-car accident. Since then, Whitt had become more active in philanthropy. Fred told him that Whitt and Bianca had dated for a short while a few years ago.

Once he was home, as Sinclair was smoking a Patron Family Reserve cigar next to the pool, he tried to figure out why Bianca would introduce him to Whitt, knowing that he would find out that she’d dated a man who was hiring escorts. She must have had strong suspicions about Whitt to risk bringing her name into the investigation as an associate of his. The presence of a city council member on the client list was another interesting twist, and he wondered if he was one of the people around whom Campbell was warning him to tread softly. By the time he finished his cigar, he hadn’t reached any conclusions.

Braddock listened intently as Sinclair briefed her on everything he had learned last night. “Was Bianca trying to tell you Whitt and Yates are on the client list?”

“She might’ve been inferring they were Dawn’s clients,” he said. “But we need something more before we drag two men like that into an interview room and accuse them of having a relationship with a murdered escort.”

“That’s for damn sure,” she said. “I’ll start working up background info on them. Maybe something will jump out.”

Sinclair went back to his chronological log, hoping to find something they could link to either man. He stopped at the entry detailing their search of Dawn’s apartment, read the technician report, and scrolled through the photographs of the crime scene. The tech had taken photos of every book in her bookshelf. In one photo, he saw a price tag marked SF State Bookstore stuck on the back of a textbook.

Sinclair knew an officer who had retired from OPD a few years ago and took a job with the San Francisco State University police. Sinclair tracked him down with a few phone calls and told him what he needed. Ten minutes later, Sinclair received an e-mail with Dawn’s transcripts and class schedule attached. One professor’s name kept showing up. Dawn had a class taught by Ruben Bailey nearly every semester, including an internship with him last year. A Google search showed he was an adjunct professor at SF State and a CPA in Oakland.

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