Harlan Coben Collection 5 Books Set by Coben Harlan

Author:Coben, Harlan [Coben, Harlan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789123979783
Amazon: 912397978X
Goodreads: 58052404
Publisher: Orion Books
Published: 2020-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

BACK BEHIND THE CRIME SCENE TAPE, Wendy was only mildly surprised to see Ed Grayson leaning against her car. He tried to look casual, but he wasn’t pulling it off. His finger toyed with a cigarette. He put it in his mouth and sucked on it as though he were deep underwater and it was a breathing tube.

“Sticking another GPS on my back bumper?” she asked.

“I have no idea what you mean.”

“Sure. You were just checking for a flat, right?”

Grayson took another deep drag. His face hadn’t seen a razor, but that was true of more than half the men who’d gotten up here at such an early hour. His eyes were bloodshot. He looked a lot worse than the man who had just yesterday confidently explained to her his theories on vigilantism. She thought about that, about his visit to her house.

“Did you really think I’d help you kill him?” she asked.

“Truth?”

“That’d be nice, yeah.”

“You might’ve agreed with what I said in theory. You maybe even started to waver a little when I raised Ariana Nasbro. But no, I never thought you’d help.”

“So you were just giving it a shot?”

He didn’t reply.

“Or was your visit all an excuse to put that GPS on my car?”

Ed Grayson slowly shook his head.

“What?” she asked.

“You don’t have a clue, do you, Wendy?”

She stepped closer to the driver’s door. “Why are you here, Ed?”

He looked off toward the woods. “I wanted to help with the search.”

“They wouldn’t let you?”

“What do you think?”

“Sounds like you feel guilty.”

He took another drag. “Do me a favor, Wendy. Skip the analysis.”

“So what do you want with me?”

“Your opinion.”

“On?”

He pinched the cigarette between his fingertips and studied it as though it held an answer. “Do you think Dan killed her?”

She wondered how to answer that. “What did you do with his body?”

“You talk first. Did Dan kill Haley McWaid?”

“I don’t know. Maybe he just locked her up, and right now, because of what you did, she’s starving to death.”

“Nice try.” He scratched at his cheek. “But the cops laid that guilt trip on me already.”

“Didn’t work?”

“Nope.”

“Are you going to tell me what you did with the body?”

“My. My.” He spoke in pure monotone. “I. Have. No. Idea. What. You’re. Talking. About.”

This was getting her nowhere—and she had places to go. The niggling had something to do with her research on the Princeton group. Dan and Haley running away together—okay, maybe. But what about all those scandals involving his old roommates? Could be nothing. Probably was. But she was missing something huge here.

“So what do you want from me?” she asked.

“I’m trying to figure out whether Dan really kidnapped this girl.”

“Why?”

“Trying to help the investigation, I guess.”

“So you can sleep better at night?”

“Maybe.”

“So what answer will make you sleep better?” she asked.

“I don’t follow.”

“Well, if Dan killed Haley, would you feel better about what you did? Like you said before, he was bound to do it again. You stopped him—albeit a little late. And if Dan did not kill

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