Doryan by Kate Rudolph & Starr Huntress

Author:Kate Rudolph & Starr Huntress [RudolphS, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kate Rudolph

Chapter Eleven

The clearing behind Captain NaPyrsee’s cabin was peaceful, and if it weren’t for the signs marking it as off limits it would have been impossible to tell that a murder had taken place there less than twenty-four hours before.

Kyla had one of their more sophisticated scanners in hand and was taking a read of the scene to see if she could pick up anything that Amy had missed. Of course, it had been a day since everything had been cleared away and the scene wasn’t exactly pristine, but they were making do.

“The scanner is picking up the blood here,” Kyla pointed to where they’d found NaPyrsee, “and it says it’s not human, so I’m assuming that’s our vic’s. It’s too old to tell if its a single source or not.” She stepped around where the body had been. “Did you see these footprints? Or are they from you tromping around yesterday?”

“Footprints?” Kyla was on the far side of the clearing and Amy couldn’t remember anyone standing there.

Kyla pointed her scanner towards them. “Looks like a single set of prints heading towards the woods. I’m guessing a boot, though we could be looking at some sort of hiking shoe. Scanner is saying it’s a size twelve, so most likely a man. But it could also be old.”

“No it couldn’t.” Amy was careful as she walked over, looking for the prints Kyla had found. “It rained the day before I got here. The ground was all muddy. The print wouldn’t be this clear if it was more than a day old.” She stared into the mud as if it would give her answers, but all she saw was the ridges and dips of whatever boot had left the print.

“Just because the print might have been left yesterday… or today… doesn’t mean the person did it,” Kyla warned.

“I know that!” Amy might have been behaving inappropriately with a suspect, but it didn’t mean she’d forgotten everything else.

“But did you happen to check everyone’s shoe size?”

“Can’t say that was on the list of questions,” Amy admitted. “But I’ll definitely add it. And maybe it’s time to search cabins for muddy boots.”

“And weapons?” her partner asked.

“You have any idea what could mimic claws?” Amy had been trying to figure that out, when she wasn’t busy thinking about everything else.

“Other than claws?” Kyla raised a brow. “This isn’t really helping with your boyfriend’s case.”

Maybe she should have protested that Doryan wasn’t her boyfriend, but she had been caught with her top off and her hand down his pants. “Tessa couldn’t confirm whether or not the murder weapon was definitely claws. So I want to know if something else could make that wound.”

“So you want something like those barbecue claws people use to shred meat? I think there may also be some ancient weapons that use a claw shape, but most people just use knives.” Kyla knew bladed weapons better than Amy, who preferred blasters, and Amy had been hoping she had a better idea.

But… “Peter Marino loves to barbecue.

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