Heart of a Killer by David Rosenfelt

Author:David Rosenfelt [Rosenfelt, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
ISBN: 9781250014207
Google: Ew81HafPxGcC
Amazon: 1250014204
Goodreads: 12208577
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2011-12-31T18:30:00+00:00

The call came in to Agent Charlie Ammerman in the Charlotte Bureau office. Ammerman was assigned to the task force, working under Mike Janssen on the plane crash investigation. On the line was the receptionist, Judy Clifford.

“Charlie, I’ve got a bit of a weird call on the line. It’s a little girl, asking to speak to Mike Janssen.”

Ammerman literally jumped out of his chair, walking with the cordless phone toward Janssen’s office as he continued to talk. “What’s her name?”

“Tammy. She said she has to talk to Janssen, or people will die. Then she said, ‘Just like on that plane.’”

So closely guarded was the Tammy secret that there was no way that even a receptionist in the Bureau office would be aware of it, but Ammerman knew it all too well. “Tell her you’re trying to find Agent Janssen, but that he’ll be right with her.”

“She’s pretty insistent,” Clifford said. “She’s getting upset.”

“Just don’t lose her. If you think she might hang up, tell her you’re putting it through, and do so.”

Ammerman went past Janssen’s assistant’s desk without pausing, opened the door, and entered the office. Janssen was in a meeting with four other agents, and they looked up, surprised at the unusual interruption.

“Tammy’s on the phone,” Ammerman said, and the group sprung into action, going to their respective work areas, from where they would each monitor the call. A trace was put on the call, though based on their last experience with Tammy, no one had any real hope it would yield useful information.

Before Ammerman could tell the receptionist to put the call through, she did so. That likely meant that she thought Tammy was getting upset to the point that she might hang up.

“This is Janssen,” he said as he picked up the phone.

“This is Tammy. Hi.” Nolan Murray sat in his office, his two colleagues watching and listening, and loving every minute of it. One of them, Peter Lampley, sat in front of his computer, ready to execute the plan.

Even though Janssen knew exactly what the voice would sound like from listening to the air controller’s conversation, it was still jarring and incongruous to hear it.

“What can I do for you, Tammy?”

“Give me two million dollars.”

“Only if you stop hurting people.”

She laughed a little girl’s laugh. “They were more than hurt.”

“Let’s meet and talk about it,” he said.

“Can I have my money?”

“If we meet.”

“I think you’re trying to fool me,” she said. “So I’ll just crash a train instead.” Nolan Murray was having a great time with this; the feeling of power at being able to humiliate so powerful an entity as the FBI, as the U.S. government, was intoxicating.

“There’s no reason for you to do that. We can get you the money.”

“You’re trying to fool me. My mommy was right.”

Janssen was growing more and more furious, but kept himself under control. “How can we get you the money?” He had neither the intention nor the authority to pay any money. He just wanted to keep the conversation going, trying to find an opening or goad Tammy into a verbal mistake.

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