Dying Games (Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery Book 6) by Robinson Steve

Author:Robinson, Steve [Robinson, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781477848265
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2017-05-03T16:00:00+00:00

Fifteen minutes later, Tayte was sitting in the back of SAC Reese’s car with a blanket around his shoulders as more and more FBI and police vehicles arrived at the scene. He was staring vacantly at the headrest in front of him, insensible to the commotion, still shaking from the shock of being forced to witness the grotesque electrocution of George Alexander. Frankie Mavro was sitting beside him to his right, and SAC Reese was sitting half in and half out of the car to his left.

‘There’s no chance he’s still alive?’ Tayte asked. He didn’t want to believe Alexander was dead, even though he’d seen it happen right in front of his eyes.

Reese shook his head. ‘He’s gone, Mr Tayte. I’m sorry. We did everything we could.’

‘It wasn’t your fault, JT,’ Mavro said. ‘Don’t blame yourself.’

The trouble was that Tayte did blame himself, and he would continue to blame himself as long as he lived for everything that was happening to these people. ‘I’d like to go and see his family. I want to see the families of all the victims.’

‘In time,’ Reese said. ‘I don’t think it’s a good idea right now.’

Tayte nodded at the headrest, silently agreeing that he was probably the last person any of the victims’ family members wanted to see. He thought most would sooner slap his face than listen to his apologies and words of condolence. He remained silent for several seconds, breathing slowly to help calm himself, thinking back over the conversation he’d had with Adam Westlake inside the building.

He turned to Reese. ‘Westlake isn’t the Genie.’

‘Say that again,’ Reese said, frowning.

‘This isn’t Westlake’s game. He’s abducting these people, sure, and he’s setting up their deaths, but he’s not the genealogist behind these puzzles being sent to me. I don’t believe Westlake knows a thing about them.’

‘Why’s that?’ Mavro asked.

‘I started talking to Westlake about the previous puzzle. I mentioned the book we went to the Library of Congress to take a look at.’

‘Tales of Romance.’

‘Exactly. Only I said it was a book about early settlers of the Midwest. It was just something I thought up at random, but Westlake didn’t bat an eyelid. He just assumed it was right because he had no idea. I’m sure he’s a clever man, but he’s not the genealogist working all this out. The real Genie is someone working behind the scenes, telling Westlake what to do.’

Mavro could clearly see where Tayte was going with this. ‘You mean the real Genie is that Frenchman, Michel Levant, don’t you?’

Tayte nodded. ‘I know it’s just a hunch, and I can’t prove anything right now, but yes, I believe it’s Levant.’

Reese sighed heavily, drawing Tayte’s attention. ‘We ran all the checks on Levant. We even had Interpol look into him. He’s as clean as they come—a law-abiding citizen who just happens to be in DC on business at this time. Do you have any proof to contradict that?’

Tayte didn’t need to think about it. He had nothing beyond a bunch of circumstances and his gut feeling about the man.

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