Guardian Angel (Fox County Forensics Book 8) by Cara Malone

Author:Cara Malone [Malone, Cara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lisbon Press
Published: 2024-02-09T00:00:00+00:00

18

LENA

The moment Lena stepped through the precinct's glass doors, she was greeted by a cacophony of voices. Reporters swarmed the lobby like vultures, their microphones and cameras wielded like weapons as they hunted for information from anyone who could give it.

And the moment they spotted her, in her black slacks and white button-up, her badge clipped conspicuously on her waistband, they started salivating for the fresh detective meat.

It was practically a stampede as they all rushed over from the desk officer they’d been pestering and circled around her. At least half a dozen microphones were shoved in front of her mouth.

"Detective, can you comment on the bodies found in the woods?” one of them asked.

“What’s the count up to now?” another demanded.

“How many of the victims have been identified?” a third asked.

“Please,” Lena said, putting her hands up to push the microphones out of her personal space. “I’m not working that case and I can’t comment, I’m sorry.”

She tried to swim through the crowd when another reporter asked, “Do you have any leads in the Olivia Sterling case?”

A quick jolt of fear shot through her as the first thing that came to mind was that the killer had redirected his attention to her, gotten bolder and showed up in person.

But no, she recognized the man who’d asked – Andy Rogers, well-known local reporter with a voice closer to the high end of the register. Not the man she was looking for, but it was still jarring that he’d asked about Olivia.

Sterling must have made an announcement, and the news no doubt spread from there. Lena made a mental note to do a quick internet search when she had a moment and find out what he said.

“We’re actively pursuing leads,” Lena said. “I can’t say more at this time.”

“Are you the lead investigator on that case?”

Only investigator, Lena thought, considering everyone else was up to their elbows at the search site. “Yes.”

“And your full name?”

“Detective Lena Wolf,” she answered, then pushed through to the staircase. If there wasn’t already pressure on her to solve this case, for both Olivia and Reese’s sakes, she now had media scrutiny to contend with.

Upstairs, the bullpen was utterly empty – a rare sight.

“Tate?” Lena called. She’d just spoken to her less than an hour ago, where could she have gotten off to? Lena pictured Tate getting swept out of the lobby by the frenzied reporters, like having your feet swept out from under you in a flash flood.

She went to her desk and got to work. First order of business, check on the tap she’d put on Reese’s desk phone. The calls he’d placed yesterday weren’t long enough to trace, and Amelia had volunteered to answer the phone now that Reese was out of the office, but it didn’t seem that the killer had placed any more calls there.

“Probably using a burner phone anyway,” Lena grumbled.

"Nothing yet?"

Lena jumped at the voice over her shoulder, then turned to see Tate with a fresh cup of coffee from the little place across the street.

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