Ice Hunter by Joseph Heywood

Author:Joseph Heywood [Heywood, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯), Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective
ISBN: 9780762777075
Google: 0kyf7iRP5ssC
Amazon: B00C620KAA
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2008-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

When he got home, Kira wasn’t yet there. He put the bagged cat in the freezer and left the bag of poison dirt in the truck. He’d have to take care of that tomorrow. He locked the back of the truck to be sure nothing got in. Newf hopped onto the porch and Cat hissed at her. Service said, “Knock it off, you two.”

He made corn bread with diced habanero peppers and Vidalia onions and a pot of Texas chili, which came out differently every time he made it.

Kira came in, shed her coat, kissed him, and changed into shorts and a halter. “It’s hot,” she said. She went to the fridge for ice water, but while she was there she opened the freezer. He saw her jump back.

“What the hell is that?”

He laughed. “Evidence. A woman poisoned a cat with rat poison. I was going to ask you to do the necropsy.”

“In our freezer?”

“It was too far to the office or your clinic. I thought we’d just keep it overnight.”

She turned and looked at him. “I suppose our freezer will be used for evidence other times?”

“Yep.”

“God,” she said.

“Hungry?”

“Yep.”

Kira wolfed down two bowls of chili and they each had a beer.

“Do you know Cece Dirkmaat?” she asked after dinner. They were sitting on the porch, looking out at the creek.

“I don’t think so.”

“She teaches art at Northern and makes the most incredible jewelry. I gave her the pebbles to polish and see if she could make a bracelet or necklace for me.”

He made a face. “Those ugly pebbles?”

“Leave it to a woman to find beauty in the mundane,” she said. “I like it that you gave them to me, and Cece thinks they’ll polish up nicely.”

“You drove up to Marquette?” He didn’t think she had time.

“Cece lives at Little Moose Lake with Glynnis Fayard, a librarian at Northern. Cece brought their cat in this morning. The poor thing has a sour tummy.”

“She and this Glynnis are roommates?”

Kira looked over at them. “Yeah, and they also sleep together. Is that a problem for you?”

“Nope,” he said. “Might be a problem for them, but not for me.”

“Cece and Glynnis are university people.”

“Little Moose Lake is not liberal territory.”

Kira smiled. “True.”

Cat jumped onto the porch with a headless chipmunk and purred loudly. Kira complimented the cat and scratched her chin.

Newf came up from wading the edge of the creek and curled up at Service’s feet.

“How was your day?” Kira asked.

“You know about the cat. That kind of shit makes me sick.”

“I’m a vet. I see it all the time.”

“I’m still on that fire thing,” he said. He hadn’t told her about Jerry Allerdyce. Once again, he wasn’t sure why he was holding back on her. “Radar painted a chopper over the Tract two days before the fire, but they don’t know who it was or where it came from. ATC has radar tapes.”

“Well, it’s not an alien,” she said. She took off her sandals, turned her chair, and put her feet in his lap.

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