Dominance (Fox Meridian Book 8) by Teasdale Niall

Author:Teasdale, Niall [Teasdale, Niall]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: detective, police procedural, sci-fi, AI, uploading, robot, science fiction, cybernetics, fox meridian, action, serial killer, memetics, artificial intelligence
Published: 2017-11-11T05:00:00+00:00

Part Three: It’s a Dirty Job, But…

Fargo Agri-Zone, 22nd January 2062.

Fox was already reading the case files Anacostia had sent to her as she drove to the airport. Well, she was sitting on her bug and letting the AI handle the driving, but the destination was the airfield where her vertol was fuelled and ready to lift off.

‘There are DNA profiles for both women in the autopsy files,’ Kit said.

‘Okay,’ Fox replied. ‘When we get Patricia Lomax’s profile from NAPA, we can run a comparison. If they’re siblings, it should show up.’

‘Yes. It does make me wonder why they did not confirm the identity of the other victim using her DNA.’

‘Because they’d have to admit they had clean DNA samples and could likely determine the identity of both victims. There’s something rotten in this town, but we don’t have time to look at it directly. Check up on the audit in Topeka. I’d like to know how that’s going.’ Fox paused briefly. ‘Guthrie was tortured, but the damage is less sexually oriented.’

‘You don’t think it was the same person?’

‘We need to do a fuller analysis. I think it was, but they were looking for something different out of it. She was after information from Guthrie, not revenge.’

‘Do you think she got it?’

‘Well, there are four people dead since Guthrie. I’m going to say yes.’

New York Metro.

Kit waited for Fox to finish the landing manoeuvre before speaking; she knew that Fox could multitask and that Pythia was monitoring and could adjust the aircraft’s flightpath if needed, but… safety first. ‘We have received the data from NAPA on Patricia Lomax. One of my copies has been integrating it into the murder room and I have one of the forensics AIs comparing the DNA profiles.’

Fox finished shutting down the engines and checked that the brakes were on. ‘Good. Highlights?’

‘Miss Lomax is twenty-four and held the rank of detective in NAPA. She specialised in electronic crime.’

‘Oh did she?’

‘Noted skills in computer intrusion and security electronics. Not especially physical, but there is a note in her record that she received basic training in the use of electrolasers. She was part of a team who tried them out within NAPA Detroit. Nothing indicates a knowledge of pharmacology, but–’

‘It doesn’t take great skill to use a pressure syringe. Especially on someone who’s stunned. How long on that DNA analysis?’

‘It shouldn’t take a lot of time. The sequencing is already done, so it’s just a matter of data crunching. It would seem that Patricia Lomax is a very likely suspect for our murders.’

Climbing out of the pilot’s seat, Fox nodded. ‘Start getting a BOLO ready, Kit. Even if Pat Lomax isn’t our killer, I’m starting to think she knows a lot more about this case than we do and I want to find her.’

~~~

Kit looked around as Fox walked into the murder room. She had looked away from a new pair of identity images; Fox recognised one of them as Patricia Lomax from the NAPA files she had skimmed on the way home from tower three.

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