In Too Deep by Krentz Jayne Ann

Author:Krentz, Jayne Ann [Krentz, Jayne Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery, Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal, Suspense, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781445855318
Google: RbijrZU8OuIC
Amazon: 0399157026
Barnesnoble: 0399157026
Goodreads: 8331368
Publisher: Windsor
Published: 2010-11-23T00:00:00+00:00

AN HOUR LATER Fallon stood with Zack in the shelter. They watched Rafanelli and his team painstakingly deactivate the clockwork mechanisms that animated the objects in the glass cases. Each curiosity was carefully stowed in one of the leaded-glass boxes the Society’s museums used to transport artifacts infused with a hefty amount of unknown crystal or glass-based psi.

Isabella and Raine were on the other side of the room, standing over the skeleton. They talked in low voices. Zack glanced at the body with a thoughtful expression.

“That was no workplace accident,” he said.

“Close enough.” Fallon shrugged. “Lasher was a thief, and he appears to have been at work trying to steal stuff when he got whacked. Workplace accident, like I said.”

“Who used the crowbar on his skull?”

“We think there was a woman with him. Her name was Rachel Stewart and she had some talent. From the looks of it, Rachel got really pissed off.”

“You’re going with a falling-out-among-thieves scenario?”

“It fits,” Fallon said. “In any event, it happened more than twenty years ago. No one gives a damn now.”

“And it would be a little awkward to turn the case over to the authorities,” Zack agreed dryly, “given the hot psi down here.”

“Uh-huh.”

“See?” Zack widened his hands. “This is how the Joneses accumulate secrets.”

“Another thing we’re good at, like acquiring enemies.”

Raine and Isabella turned away from the skeleton and walked back across the small space.

“You say you’re planning to dump the remains off the Point?” Raine asked.

“That’s the plan,” Fallon said.

“Use your own judgment,” Raine said. “But I think you should know that I can hear the echoes of the voices of the people who were here that night.”

Fallon looked at her. “And?”

Shadows flickered through Raine’s eyes. “There was a woman involved. But she was not the killer. There were three people down here at the time of the death. Someone else struck Lasher with that crowbar.”

“Lovers’ triangle?” Isabella asked.

Raine’s brows tightened over the rims of her glasses. “No, I don’t think so, not exactly. But there was a violent quarrel.”

Fallon pondered possible revisions to the scenario for about one second, made the small adjustment necessary to his theory of the crime and was satisfied.

“Doesn’t change anything,” he said. “No one cares.”

Across the room Preston Rafanelli finished locking down the last of the curiosities. A short, sturdily built man in his early forties, he balanced his balding head with a neatly trimmed beard. He gave final instructions to one of the techs and then walked forward to join Fallon and the others. His broad face was flushed with excitement.

“This is an incredible find,” he enthused. “I can hardly wait to get these artifacts into the lab. I know Dr. Tremont will want to examine them as soon as possible. I’ll e-mail her tonight. Got a hunch she’ll be cutting her sabbatical short when she hears that an entire cache of Bridewell’s inventions has been located. I can’t thank you enough for bringing me in on this project, Jones.”

“No problem,” Fallon said. “I live to bring joy into the lives of others.

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