Grave Silence by Rose Beecham

Author:Rose Beecham [Beecham, Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: ! Yes
ISBN: 9781933110257
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2005-12-15T06:00:00+00:00

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GRAVE SILENCE

CHAPTER TEN

There’s a house full of bored-shitless women out here who’ve never seen a movie and are married to an ugly old fart,” Jude declared as she and Tulley bounced along the narrow, potholed road to the Epperson ranch. “All we need is to entice one of them to agree, and we can take a look around.”

Tulley listened earnestly, but he wasn’t getting it.

Jude clariÞ ed, “That’s your job, Mr. Smooth Talker.”

A rosy glow illuminated his ears and he hastily moved the discussion along. “You want me looking for the crime scene. Right?”

“Right. I doubt she was murdered this far from the body dump site, but anything’s possible. We’re looking for blood, a hammer, more of those tree spikes, a knife, and the owner of the attractive teeth, of course. We also need to check all vehicles and collect trace.”

“I packed extra latex gloves.”

“Good.” Jude was starting to wish she’d packed an assault riß e.

Gossett’s ß ip remarks about plygs and their weaponry had come as no surprise. She was already uneasy about the whole scenario. Two ofÞ cers alone on the property of a group of paranoid lawbreakers who think they are God’s chosen and have the weapons to defend themselves—deÞ nitely not a walk in the park. She could see the sense in making a low-key approach, and she could see why Gossett thought they might be better off going in without him. But this was a volatile situation. No question.

They had two big advantages and she didn’t want to squander them. The Þ rst was surprise, the second was the search for the missing

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