Murder! (Parker & Knight Book 1) by Wells Donald

Author:Wells, Donald [Wells, Donald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery, detective, police procedural, psychological, crime
Published: 2014-04-05T04:00:00+00:00

5

The following morning, Detectives Parker and Knight sat inside the squad room at the town municipal center, and filled each other in on what they had discovered while verifying the alibis of likely suspects in the murder of Tiffany Grace. They had both finished their morning tasks early and were now waiting for the coroner’s findings.

Parker tapped his pen against his desktop. They were each sitting at their own small, metal desk, amidst other groupings of desks. Their desks were pressed together so that they were facing each other, thus making it easier to talk and pass each other reports. The arrangement gave Parker a view of the chief’s office at the back, while Jo’s desk faced the elevator.

On Parker’s right was a line of windows that let in natural light, they were interspersed with gray filing cabinets. On the left were a tiny break room and the bathrooms. The large room’s beige walls were made of plaster, with multiple cracks and divots showing, while the floor was well-worn wood that creaked with each step. The building was constructed in the thirties, and there was talk of building a new, more modern municipal center, but Parker liked the old place and thought that it had character.

“The Kents’ alibis check out.” Jo said. “However, that house in Hamilton that Mrs. Kent was showing is less than a fifteen minute drive away from her home. Mr. Kent was at his office, but his office is at the rear of a large warehouse and has its own exit, and he could have gotten home in as little as ten minutes. The problem is, that there’s no way to verify that either of them stayed where they were.”

“If either of them slipped away then that would seem to indicate premeditation, and this murder has act of passion written all over it. Tiffany Grace was a little thing. I bet even Mrs. Grace could have dragged the body away, but it was just left there. That makes me think that the killer was shocked by the act.”

“Yeah, but they did have the presence of mind to wash off the murder weapon,” Jo said.

“But they didn’t dispose of it, why not? It sounds to me like they weren’t thinking straight.”

“What did Tiffany’s ex say?”

“He and the new girlfriend are in Vegas on vacation and have been there for three days. I was able to talk to Steve Grace’s girlfriend on the phone, but not in person, she’s a saleswoman and had to fly to Boston, but I’ve arranged to meet with her when she returns.”

Jo checked her watch.

“The autopsy should be done, let’s go get the results.”

“Maybe there will be a clue that will break the case wide open.”

Jo laughed.

“You wish.”

As they rose from their desks, the chief stepped out of his office and walked towards them.

Chief Gabe Howard not only sounded like a college professor, but looked like one as well. He was tall, well dressed, with intelligent blue eyes behind stylish glasses, but Parker had heard tales of Howard’s days in uniform and knew that the man was tough.

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