Kiss Her Goodnight: A completely unputdownable crime thriller (Detectives Kane and Alton Book 15) by D.K. Hood

Author:D.K. Hood [Hood, D.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781803143354
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2022-05-31T18:30:00+00:00

TWENTY-FOUR

The outbuildings on Sam Bright’s land sat beneath the shade of the trees like a patch of mushrooms. Joined together by dark narrow alleyways, Jenna assumed they’d been used for some type of cottage industry a time ago. Moss covered the walls of the wooden buildings and weeds tangled the long grass. The window frames still clung to a little white paint but most had peeled, leaving a confetti of paint flakes over the walkway. She peered into grime-covered windows but dust that had built up over a long time obscured any view of the interior. Locked doors prevented any chance of entry. As she moved across a small clearing to the next clutch of buildings, the smell of acrid smoke filled Jenna’s nostrils. Motioning for Duke to come to her side, she peered around the end of the shed. The information on Sam Bright was that he lived alone. So, who was out back burning garbage? On full alert, Jenna placed a hand on her weapon ready to draw. Unease crept over her as she moved forward. Kane had mentioned the possibility of an accomplice and it seemed he was correct. Moving along the wall of one of a pair of small log cabins, Jenna made out the shadowed figure of a man tossing things into a flaming fire pit.

Beside her, Duke whined and then moved past her and sat down. She stared at him, recognizing this as a sign he’d smelled formaldehyde. The man burning the garbage was an unknown quantity and she had no backup. Indicating to Duke to follow her, she edged her way back down the alleyway and made her way silently to the perimeter of the other buildings. She pulled out her phone and sent a message to Kane. He must have finished the interview with Bright, as seconds later, he came running across the long grass toward her. When he reached her side, she turned to him and dropped her voice to a whisper. “There’s a guy burning something out back of the two cabins on the other side of the old sheds, and Duke reacted to finding formaldehyde.”

“We should split up and go in on either side of those cabins.” Kane peered down the alleyway. “We’ll have the drop on him.”

Stomach churning, Jenna nodded. The idea of confronting a possible psychopath in the act of destroying evidence concerned her. Particularly one who hated women. She ran the image of the man through her mind again and looked at Kane. “I didn’t see a weapon, but it was only a brief glance as he moved between the buildings. I’ll call out and identify myself. If there is a problem, he won’t see you coming in from the other side.”

“Wait a minute. We don’t know what we’re walking into here.” Kane pulled out wireless earbuds from his pocket and pushed them into his ears. “Use your phone’s earbuds. I’ll call you and we’ll keep in contact.”

Jenna nodded and reached for her phone. She waited for Kane’s call, gave him a nod, and then headed through the alleyway.

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