Her Frozen Cry: A totally pulse-pounding crime thriller (Detective Amanda Steele Book 5) by Carolyn Arnold

Author:Carolyn Arnold [Arnold, Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781803142104
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2022-06-08T18:30:00+00:00

TWENTY

Amanda also made the call to Malone to request an officer watch over Rocco Lopez as Trent drove. She really didn’t want to think about the possibility of additional victims and tried to push it from her mind. But it was still there when she and Trent were waiting in the reception area of Acne Buster. Given their theory, Dale Reynolds might be behind the murders, not in danger.

“He’ll be down for you in one minute,” the receptionist had told them.

That had been about ten minutes ago. With every passing second, she half-expected to be told he was dead. But she did her best to distract herself, take in the aesthetics of the lobby. Modestly decorated but with more luxury touches than the acquisition office of Rocco Lopez, which had none. The furniture was comfortable and rather new, though nothing fancy.

“Detectives?” It was the receptionist calling out to them.

Amanda went over to the desk with Trent at her side.

“Mr. Reynolds has asked that I direct you to Conference Room A. He’ll meet you there shortly.” The woman proceeded to give them directions, which Amanda and Trent followed carefully. The structure was a maze of corridors and chopped up into several small offices. Just a guess, but Amanda didn’t think this was the manufacturing location for Acne Buster, but instead a headquarters for the administrative staff.

A man entered the room just as Amanda and Trent sat down at the meeting table. “I’m Dale Reynolds.”

“Detectives Steele and Stenson. Please, take a seat.” Amanda gestured to the chairs across from them.

Dale dropped into one. “All I know is you’re here about New Belle…?” His brow was wrinkled in confusion, his eyes telling the same story.

“You may have heard by now that Alicia Gordon is dead?” Amanda said.

“I have. Very unfortunate. She was a great role model for young women.”

Quite similar to what Harold Armstrong and Rocco Lopez had said. “That she was.” While there might be some less favorable things they’d uncovered about Alicia, she had founded a cosmetics empire and hadn’t let anyone tell her no along the way. “But Alicia Gordon didn’t die of natural causes.”

Dale’s eyes widened as he slipped his gaze from her to Trent, then back. “She was murdered?” The question seemed to scratch from his throat, his voice husky.

Please don’t tell us you were threatened too! “She was poisoned. Have you heard of pentobarbital?” Amanda preferred to temporarily, at least, peg him into the hole of killer.

“Quite sure that it’s used in putting down dogs.”

She nodded. It seemed a lot of people were familiar with that application, probably because they’d lost at least one beloved dog in their lifetime. “That’s right, but it’s also sometimes prescribed to humans to help with anxiety—small doses, short-term. Would you have access to the drug?” Amanda asked, searching his facial expression and body language for nonverbal answers. Both were saying nothing.

“Me?” Dale laid a splayed hand on his chest. “No, and what are you implying? That I had something to do with her death?”

“We’re now investigating two deaths, Mr.

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