High Heat by Richard Castle

Author:Richard Castle [Castle, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 9781484781500
Amazon: 1484781503
Barnesnoble: 1484781503
Goodreads: 28963907
Publisher: Kingswell
Published: 2016-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

“Jamie’s not here?” Yardley Bell was saying, sounding some combination of disappointed and put out. “Oh, that is such a pity. I really was looking forward to catching up with him.”

Heat rounded the corner to see a slender, attractive brunette dressed in a sharply tailored pantsuit. Captain Heat and Department of Homeland Security Agent Bell were more alike than either woman would have wanted to admit. In addition to having the same coloring and build, they had the same professional ferocity and the same weakness for the substantial charms of Jameson Rook.

Despite that source of antagonism and the natural antipathy that came from representing different levels of government, the women had overcome a contentious start to their relationship and forged a detente. So, at least in theory, Heat should not have been displeased to see Bell.

Except Heat knew Bell hadn’t simply shown up at the Twentieth Precinct to exchange pleasantries with her and the other detectives. Nor was Bell curious about whatever her ex-boyfriend was up to.

This had two possible endings. One went badly. The other went worse.

“Hello, Agent Bell,” Heat said, feeling a sudden pressure in her sinuses as she spoke.

“Oh, really, after all this time, it’s ‘Agent Bell?’ Honestly, ‘Captain Heat,’ I thought we were past that.”

Bell was joined by two beefy agents who, between them, had perhaps half a neck. That confirmed for Heat everything she needed to know. There was only one reason why a Department of Homeland Security Agent would show up at the Twentieth Precinct with two agents—and probably an SUV parked outside.

“You’re not taking my suspects, Yardley,” Heat said, jamming her hands on her hips.

Bell, who had obviously been hoping to soft sell the purpose of her mission, looked down at the carpet for a moment, almost like she was embarrassed for Heat.

“Oh, Nikki, let’s not make this difficult. I’m afraid they’re not your suspects anymore.”

“The hell they’re not. This is a murder. Since when is murder not the purview of the local jurisdiction?”

“Sorry, but you’re not the only one who subpoenaed Tam Svejda’s credit card information, you know. We know she was in Ohio.”

“You wouldn’t have even known the identity of the victim if it weren’t for us.”

“You and the New York Ledger’s Web site,” Bell said. “Be that as it may, there is clear evidence the victim was transported across state lines, which makes it our case. Kidnapping makes it our case, too. Plus, these men were already on the Terrorist Watch List—their Facebook posts had gotten our agents’ attention. And this is an act of domestic terrorism, with potential ties to international terrorism. So that’s at least five ways in which these are now our suspects. Plus there are…diplomatic considerations.”

“What does that mean?” Heat asked.

“Let’s just say there are things ISIS might be willing to give us in exchange for the right prisoners.”

“But they’re not even real ISIS,” Ochoa said. “They’re a couple of kids from New York.”

“Yes, but ISIS hardly knows that, now do they?” Bell said. “Our operatives

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