Fatal Care by Leonard Goldberg

Author:Leonard Goldberg [Goldberg, Leonard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Medical, General, Blalock; Joanna (Fictitious character), Mystery & Detective, Fiction
ISBN: 9780739421994
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“Jesus,” Joanna breathed softly.

“I figure these two will know all about Edmond Rabb and the genetics award he gave to Alex Mirren.”

“That’s for certain,” Joanna said, handing back the list. “And for them to be invited to the party, they must have been pretty chummy with the Rabbs.”

“It gets more and more interesting, doesn’t it?”

Jake signaled over to the policeman standing near the passageway to the stateroom; then he came back to Joanna. “Remember, it’s the genetics business that’s important here. It’s the link between Rabb and Mirren. Don’t give these two guys coming up any wiggle room with their answers. Nail them hard if you have to.”

A moment later Brennerman and Hoddings came up on deck. They waved to Joanna and walked over. Their expressions were relaxed and unconcerned.

Joanna extended her hand to them. Hoddings took it, shaking it firmly. Then Brennerman did the same. Both men’s hands felt cool. “I hope we’re not inconveniencing you,” she said.

“Not at all,” Hoddings said promptly. “This is such an awful business. A fine man like Edmond Rabb getting murdered on his own yacht.” Hoddings paused, raising an eyebrow at Joanna. “It is murder, isn’t it?”

“Oh, it’s murder,” Joanna assured him.

Hoddings kept his eyes on Joanna, waiting, as if he expected her to give him all the clinical findings. Several awkward seconds passed. “I take it that the autopsy results were absolutely conclusive,” he prompted.

“Quite,” Joanna said tonelessly, letting both men know that this was not going to be some friendly academic discussion between colleagues. “The night of the party, when was the last time you saw Edmond Rabb alive?”

Hoddings’s face tightened around the jawline. “As I told the detective, we were at the bar having a drink.”

Joanna looked over at Brennerman. “And you?”

“The same,” Brennerman replied. “I believe we were discussing some recent advance in gene splicing. Mr. Rabb was surprisingly well informed in genetics for someone having no training in the field.”

“Was there any particular reason for his interest in genetics?” Joanna asked.

“He had twenty-five million reasons,” Brennerman said, and pointed at the flag blowing in the breeze above the wheelhouse. It had the Bio-Med logo emblazoned on it. “Edmond Rabb provided the venture capital to establish Bio-Med. He owned the vast majority of the stock.”

“I see,” Joanna said, trying to keep her expression neutral. The amount of money involved in this murder was almost too much to count. Bio-Med was thought to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and Rabb owned most of that. Joanna nodded to herself, remembering that big money always attracted big crime. “Who else has substantial holdings in Bio-Med?”

Brennerman hesitated, looking over at Hoddings. If the two men exchanged a silent message, Joanna didn’t see it.

“Well?” Joanna insisted.

“Is that also part of this investigation?” Brennerman asked back.

“It sure as hell is,” Jake growled. “Anything with Edmond Rabb’s name on it is a part of this investigation.”

“I guess it is,” Brennerman had to admit. “Mr. Rabb owned seventy-five percent of the shares, and I owned twenty percent.

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