Misjudged by James Chandler

Author:James Chandler [Chandler, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severn River Publishing
Published: 2020-11-09T22:00:00+00:00

“Boss, what’s going on?” Jensen asked. “You’re not yourself.” He pulled a donut from the box on the table between them. They were in the break room at the station. Punch was pouring himself a cup of coffee.

“What do you mean?”

“Well, you’ve been a little short. Baker said you bit his ass over nothing. That’s not like you.”

“Baker needs to quit being such a candy-ass,” Punch said. He took a sip from his cup. “But I’ll tell you what: I am irritable. It’s the Olsen case.”

“Why? You got the right guy. He got bound over. Trial starts here in a couple of months, assuming his lawyer don’t plead him out.”

“I don’t like loose ends.”

“Well, no one does, boss. What loose ends are you talking about?”

Punch stood, walked to the window, and looked outside. It was early spring. In a lot of places, the grass would be turning green, trees would start to put out leaves, and birds would be returning. Not here. Here, it was clear and cold and looked not unlike it did in October. “The three shot glasses—one with a print we can’t match. The semen from an unknown male. The unknown set of prints on the vase and an unknown print on the murder weapon. All of that gives Johnstone an opening.”

“Olsen’s the guy, boss.”

“I know he’s the guy. But those loose ends give reasonable doubt. If Johnstone’s any good—and I think he might be—he could exploit those loose ends and walk his guy.”

“So, what do you want to do about it?”

“We need to tie this up,” Punch said, rubbing his eyes, “so I can sleep again.”

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