Live No Lies: A Gripping Mystery Thriller With Shocking Twists (A Lawson & Abernathy Novella) by Lily Campbell

Author:Lily Campbell [Campbell, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tokyo House
Published: 2020-12-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

It had been over a week since Mack had found a headless corpse in the trunk of his vehicle. He knew he’d been set up and wouldn’t get out of Palm Island alive if he didn’t play his cards right. He’d been going head on against one of the most dangerous criminals in the country. Now it turned out Dimitri wasn’t just dangerous, he was also smart. At least, smart enough to turn his predator into prey.

Mack hadn’t seen Dimitri yet, but the headless body in the trunk coupled with the note fit what he’d learned. The man’s bloodthirst was as mischievous as it was brazen. Mack didn’t know who the body in the trunk was. And he didn’t know who to trust. He could call the chief of police, who’d sent him down here, but he figured that word of his supposed crime must’ve reached him. There were whispers in certain quarters that the chief was giving undue favor to him. The chief couldn’t stick his neck further than he already had.

Mack had weighed his options. The local police would probably be looking for him immediately. He had seen how the Palm Island police ran their investigations, so he knew what would happen if they found him. The body in his trunk was a noose, and he had to keep it off his neck. He knew who held the other end of the rope.

One man owned Palm Island. It didn’t matter how many government institutions were here. They couldn’t so much as breathe without his permission. If he let himself be captured by the police, he’d be murdered, and then slid under the carpet alongside numerous other murder cases.

Mack ran from the garage with the body in his trunk, threw a few things he needed into his backpack, donned a baseball cap, and left the apartment. As if on cue, he heard the call of sirens as he disappeared into the foliage of trees nearby.

Mack had kept his head low since then. He booked a room at a bed and breakfast, shaved his head and his facial hair, and got an artificial tan. He knew he was dead if he got caught. One slip-up could mean the end of everything.

Mack saw his face in the papers and on wanted posters as he went outside. He hoped that the changes he’d undergone were enough. So far, it has worked.

Mack had tried and failed to establish contact with Greg, and he feared the worst. If Dimitri was on to Mack, he probably knew about Greg, too.

Mack's next option was to stalk one of the police officers. Mack decided to stick to the only cop he knew very well, the small, stern-faced Detective Boyce. Boyce seemed to live a pretty neat and law-abiding life. Mack was surprised to learn that the detective had a wife and a son, but Mack never saw him smile with them either.

After about a week of tailing Boyce, Mack was getting bored with the detective’s routine. Then one evening, rather than drive home straight from his shift, he took a detour.

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