Die for Me: A Novel of the Valentine Killer by Cynthia Eden

Author:Cynthia Eden [Eden, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Ronnie whistled softly as her tennis shoes moved over the tile in the morgue. It was edging close to midnight, and the place was pretty much deserted.

Dead quiet.

Normally she didn’t mind the quiet, but tonight, she felt on edge.

She lifted the sheet that covered Trent Lancaster’s upper body. Her gaze dipped over his wounds. This attack wasn’t as controlled as the others. It was as if the killer had been enraged.

“I’m sorry you had to cross my slab,” she whispered. She was always sorry for the bodies that found their way to her.

These people, they never died easily.

She’d seen deaths that still made her shudder.

She pulled the sheet back and reached for the tox screens that had just come in. A report for Savannah Slater and Amy Evans. Getting a tox screen was standard protocol, and—

What the hell?

Ronnie frowned as she read the results. Fentanyl. That was a seriously high dose. And for both victims?

She put the reports down and hurried toward Savannah Slater’s body. She unzipped the heavy bag that enclosed Savannah—the woman’s body was due for transport soon—and Savannah’s pale flesh was revealed. Ronnie grabbed a small flashlight and began to shine the light over the victim’s body.

Fentanyl was like morphine, and with a dose that high, Savannah would have been unconscious. Easy prey.

The question was…just how had she been given that dose?

I missed something with her. I missed it.

Ronnie’s flashlight swept over Savannah’s arms, lingering near her veins. No puncture wounds. But maybe the slashes had hidden an injection site.

Maybe…

The flashlight rose. Ronnie swept it over Savannah’s neck and saw the small brown mark. So tiny.

She leaned closer. Her heart beat faster.

The injection site. So incredibly small. Placed right above the jugular so the drug would have been pushed into the victim’s system immediately.

Savannah never had a chance.

“Dr. Thomas?”

She jumped at the deep, rumbling voice—a voice that was all too familiar to her. She spun around and saw Mac standing in the doorway.

A slightly disheveled blonde woman was next to him.

“Dr. Thomas…” Mac was formal only when others were around. When they were alone, it was quite a different story. “Are we clear to view Trent Lancaster’s body?”

Her gaze darted to the blonde once more. Right. Right. That was Evelyn Knight—she’d heard rumbles about her from some of the uniforms who’d dropped by earlier. Evelyn had gone on the air and outed Katherine Cole.

She hadn’t expected Evelyn to look so fragile.

Evelyn’s shocked gaze was on Savannah Slater’s body. Ronnie jumped to attention and hurriedly covered Savannah once more. “Yes, yes, of course. Give me just a moment.”

She took a deep breath. She wanted to race over to the body of Amy Evans and search for a puncture wound, but word had come down from the captain that she was to make sure Evelyn saw Lancaster’s body.

Apparently the woman had said she wouldn’t leave the station until she saw Trent.

After her outburst to the media, the captain was trying to placate her.

Ronnie knew that Harley’s placating moves rarely lasted long.

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