Red Knife by Krueger William Kent

Author:Krueger, William Kent [Krueger, William Kent]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Crime, Adult
ISBN: 9781416556749
Amazon: 1416556745
Barnesnoble: 1416556745
Goodreads: 2198712
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2008-09-02T07:00:00+00:00

He caught Brittany Young polishing her nails. Her toenails. She came to the door walking on her bare heels, wads of Kleenex jammed between her toes. She wore a loose-fitting black T-shirt and gray sweats. She had a pink towel wrapped like a turban around her hair. She smelled clean, of some floral soap. She looked pissed when she opened the door, then she looked puzzled.

“Yeah?”

“Brittany, I’m Cork O’Connor.”

“I know who you are. What do you want?”

“Do you have a minute to talk?”

“I’m in the middle of something.”

“This won’t take long, and it might help a friend of yours.”

“Who?”

“Buck Reinhardt.”

She thought it over, then stepped back and let him into her apartment.

It was bare bones inside, thrift-store décor: a beat-up sofa, a beat-up love seat, a scratched coffee table, a standing lamp, all of it arranged on an oval braided rug the color of beef gravy, none of it matching. In the small dining area, which was separated from the tiny kitchen by a counter, was a cheap dinette set that had recently been painted white. The one item in the place that looked new and expensive was a television with a thirty-five-inch screen, situated on a stand so that anyone lounging on the old sofa would have a good view. The television was on—an Adam Sandler movie—but muted. A bottle of dark red nail polish stood on the coffee table.

Brittany stayed on her heels all the way to the sofa where she plopped down and stared up dismally at Cork. She didn’t ask him to sit.

“So how is it you think I can help Buck Reinhardt?” she asked.

“Are you aware he’s the primary suspect in the Kingbird murders?”

“How could he be? He was home when that happened.”

“And you know this how?”

“I heard it around.”

“Then maybe you heard around that it’s only a matter of time before that alibi collapses. Nobody’s buying it. The sheriff’s people never believed it for a second and they’re doing everything they can to break it. Pretty soon the whole truth’ll come out.”

“Why should I care?”

“Mind if I sit?”

She pursed her lips and nodded toward the love seat. As Cork settled in, she bent and began removing the wads of tissue from between her toes.

“Got a name for the baby yet?” Cork asked.

She came up fast and stared at him with surprise.

“Let me ask you another question,” Cork went on. “Does the Buzz Saw provide health coverage for its employees?”

She eyed him warily. “No.”

“Have you got health coverage?”

“Yes. Not that it’s any of your business.”

“Buck pay for it?”

“Look, you need to leave,” she said, doing her best to sound incensed.

Cork leaned toward her in a confidential way. “Brittany, I know that Buck was with you the night the Kingbirds were killed. If you come forward, it’s the best thing you could do to help him.”

“Right.”

“The sheriff’s people aren’t the only ones convinced that his alibi is a lie. He’s at the top of the Red Boyz’s hit list. If you don’t help clear his name, it could very well cost him his life.

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