Forgotten (Shayne's Supernaturals Book 1) by Maggie Shayne

Author:Maggie Shayne [Shayne, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2012-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

She was in the shower when the phone bleated the next morning and Ash snatched it up, growling a greeting. He hated the interruption, since he'd been about to slip into the bathroom to join her.

"Okay, Coye, you owe me big time for this one."

Radley sounded smug, and his opening line caught Ash's attention. "What have you got?"

"I saved you some legwork, pal. A lot of it. You were planning to sift all the information from the Vegas murders, but I did it for you, and two tidbits came up that I think you'll find pretty juicy."

"What're you, bucking to get back into reporting? I thought this was my story."

"It is, Ash. But your life's on the line here, right?"

"And you don't trust me to check the facts with an unbiased eye."

"Hell, what're friends for?"

Ash sighed into the mouthpiece, shaking his head. "All right, Rad. What've you got?"

Rad chuckled. "I knew you'd come around." Then he cleared his throat. "This first one might go down hard, Ash. Your little woman was in Vegas during the summer those killings went down."

Ash felt his spine pull tight, as if it might snap in two at the base of his neck. "How do you know?"

"Hotel records. I still have a few connections from my reporting days, you know."

Ash released his breath in a rush, not bothering to ask how Rad had known which hotels to check. He'd either checked them all, or he'd had a tip. Either way, it had to be true. It would be too easy for Ash to verify and Rad knew that. "What else?"

"Your Christmas present. Like I said, you owe me one. I know you don't want to see the mind reader do time for this. I've found you another suspect."

His senses pricked to full alertness. "Who?"

"A cop. A cop who was fully involved in the Vegas investigation. The same cop who's heading up the local one."

Ash frowned. "Bev Issacs?"

"The same. She worked on the Vegas PD when the murders were committed. And she smokes the right kind of cigarettes."

Ash swore softly, his mind working full speed. "I can't believe she's a killer."

"No one believed Ted Bundy could be one either, pal. I'm just giving you the facts."

"Are the police aware of this?"

"I don't know. If they are, they aren't talking. But Ash, I got a tip. The cops got DNA off of a cigarette butt found at the most recent scene."

Ash licked his Lips. "We need to get our hands on a sample of Bev's DNA. Compare it to what the cops got from the saliva on those butts at the crime scenes. That's the only way we'll know for sure."

Rad was silent for a long moment, and Ash heard the flick of a lighter, and then the sound of Rad blowing smoke. "Look, Ash, if we're checking DNA, don't you think we ought to have a sample of Joey Bradshaw's, as well?"

"Hell, no." He answered too fast, and automatically.

"Afraid it's gonna clinch the case against her?"

"It would clear her.

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