Dial Emmy for Murder by Eileen Davidson

Author:Eileen Davidson [Davidson, Eileen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Actresses, Television Soap Operas
ISBN: 9780451228253
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2008-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

I got a pass upstairs with no problem and took the elevator to Jakes’s floor at Parker Center. Since I’d been there before, I remembered the way to his office—or his section, or whatever they called it. He didn’t have his own office. On TV shows some detectives have offices, but I knew in real life they pretty much just had a desk.

As I entered the room full of desks, I saw his partner, Detective Davis. He spotted me crossing the room toward him.

“Alex,” he said.

“Detective Davis, hi. Is Jakes around?”

“He’s in with the boss.” He indicated a closed door across the room.

“Do you know how long—”

“Don’t know,” he said. “Why don’t you have a seat on that bench? He’ll see you when he comes out.”

“That bench right by the door?”

“That’s the one.”

“Thanks.”

He nodded. It seemed like he was still mad at me, but I didn’t know if it was because I had left The Yearning Tide or I was causing problems between him and his partner.

I went and sat down. I could hear the murmur of voices inside, voices that occasionally became agitated. Then suddenly the door opened briefly, but before I could sneak a peek it closed again but not all the way. It was ajar, and I could hear everything.

“You’re lettin’ this woman mess with your head, Frank,” a woman’s voice said.

“That’s not what’s happening, Captain,” Jakes said.

Interesting, I thought. Jakes’s boss was a woman.

“It’s not? Then you tell me what’s happenin’, Detective.”

“She’s a resource,” Jakes argued. “She knows the soap world inside out.”

“So you’re telling me this whole case is connected to the soaps?”

“Well . . . yeah.” Jakes sounded like he was speaking to a child.

I heard the rustle of papers and then the woman said, “Did you know that one of those five cases was closed? Someone was arrested!”

“I know,” he said. “Len told me.”

“We heard from the Canadian police that they arrested someone, Frank! He confessed.”

“That may be so,” Jakes said. “But the other four are still open.”

“You’ve got four cases here that I’m not convinced are connected. Look, Frank, work your four cases, but I don’t want to hear the phrase ‘serial killer.’ And I sure as hell don’t want to see it in the papers.”

“Laura—”

“Captain to you, Detective.”

“Okay, Captain—”

“And I don’t want you talking to that soap diva,” the captain said.

“She’s not a diva!” Jakes said sharply, defending me. That really made me smile. “Look, Captain, she’s got inside knowledge—”

“I’m not convinced all these men were killed because they were on soap operas, Frank. That means I’m not convinced she can be helpful. But I do know she can be a distraction. And she’ll attract the paparazzi.”

“They were either on a soap or auditioned for one,” he corrected. “And she’s my . . . my link to that world.”

“Listen to yourself,” the captain scoffed. “You sound like a narc talkin’ about his connection. Or worse, a junkie. Get out of my office, Detective,” the captain said. “You’re wastin’ my time.”

Suddenly the door swung opened.

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