Fang and Claw by Markie Madden

Author:Markie Madden [Madden, Markie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Young Adult, Paranormal, Crime, Fiction
ISBN: 9781502540539
Publisher: Metamorph Publishing
Published: 2016-02-11T00:00:00+00:00

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Colton followed his partner back to the lobby where the elevator seemed to take forever to get to the basement floor. Casually, he turned to her. “So, you were right about that, Blyge could have scanned in without latching his harness properly. What else are you holding back?”

“Nothing else. It was just a question I had in the back of my mind. I mean, Fountain Place is close enough to allow him time to get over to Mrs. Smith’s place, crash her door in, and get back in only a half an hour or so.”

“But why her place?” Colton wanted to know. “He acted like he was looking for something. I mean, the guy’s strong enough to kick in her apartment door, he easily could have done the same with those flimsy bedroom doors. It’s obvious he wasn’t looking to hurt her.”

“Yes, it did seem like he was looking for something.” They climbed into her car. “But the question is, what was it?”

“Your guess is as good as mine.” He moved the car’s seat back a few inches, barely catching a glimpse of the scowl that crossed her face before she masked it. Well, she’s gotta understand, if we’re going to be spending all our vehicle time in her car, rather than one of the units, I’m gonna have to make some changes. My legs are too long for her car. He crossed his arms over his chest and turned to stare out the window.

“I have an idea,” she spoke up suddenly. “We don’t really have a pattern of these attacks, not like a usual serial who has a set MO, right?”

“Yeah, sure.”

“So why don’t we plug all three of the attacks into VICAP?”

“You do that, and you’re likely to get a hundred hits.” He shook his head, wondering if she had lost her mind.

“No, bear with me. Put all three in as a single case, see if we can find any other cases with the same inconsistencies as ours.”

“That’s assuming he’s done this before. And assuming whoever was working the cases had the same idea to group them all together. Still, we’re likely to get more hits than we can handle. I mean, how far back do VICAP cases go?”

“You’re right, but I’d like to try. I just have a feeling about this.”

He remembered then that she had felt something familiar about this case right from the start. “Did you ever recall whatever it is that seemed familiar to you?”

Without taking her eyes from the road, she shook her head. “I haven’t yet. But now that you bring it up again, it really is nagging at me.”

He hesitated, not really sure if he wanted to get personal or not. What the hell, she is my partner. For better or for worse. “Well, you’ve been with the department, like, forever right? Think it’s one of your old cases?”

She seemed amused for a moment. “I’ve only been with them for a couple hundred years,” she replied with a dry tone.

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