Scheme Of Sin (Wayne Falls Book 3) by John J. Hunter

Author:John J. Hunter [Hunter, John J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

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It was a slow day for Sergeant Whitfield. He was done with the morning patrol and sat in his office going over tedious paperwork when the phone began to ring.

“San Bernardino County Police Department, Sergeant Whitfield speaking,”

“Sergeant Whitfield, there is a woman on the line claiming to have information about one of the murder victims, Jeffery Keune,” a woman’s voice informed him.

“Put her through.” He waited to speak to the woman. On Alice’s insistence, they had run the victim’s picture in every newspaper and news channel hoping to gain information regarding his whereabouts in Malibu on the day he was murdered.

There was a click and another woman’s voice greeted him. “Good day, officer. My name is Hailey Jones.”

“Good day, ma’am. What can you tell us about Jeffery Keune?”

“Well, I’ve known him for years. He was a frequent visitor at the bar where I work. I served him drinks the night he got killed.”

Bill jolted up in his chair. Sitting in a more alert position, he pressed the phone to his ear and quickly grabbed a pen and paper. “Do you remember him talking to anyone in particular?”

“Actually, yes. He was with a man. I don’t remember seeing him at the bar before but the two of them seemed to know each other. Jeffery had a lot to drink that night, and I remember that man escorting him home.”

Sergeant Whitfield felt a thrill of excitement course through him. “And could you tell me the name of the bar?”

“I work at a gay bar called the Pride Club.”

Bill listened in stunned silence.

“Jeffery was a regular customer.”

***

Eric Warshaw stared at the bar’s name, scribbled on the paper, and grimaced with disgust. He looked up at Whitfield sitting before him in the office.

“So Jeffery Keune was a man of secrets, huh?” he said. “Too bad his secret got him killed.”

Something told him the chief did not feel particularly sad about the murder. “I’ll leave it up to you to investigate the matter further,” he said and got up to leave.

“Oh, one more thing Sergeant,” Eric called out as he was about to walk out the door. He turned to face him. “Let’s keep this information just between the two of us for now. We’ll bring in the woman and get a composite sketch made of this fella cozying up with Jeffery at the bar and see where that leads us.”

He gave him a confused expression. “Are you suggesting that we should withhold information from the FBI?”

The chief chuckled. “No, not at all. I’m just asking you to delay the information. Agent Sloan is overworked as it is. Let us get the work done and then let her know.”

The sergeant stared grimly at Chief Warshaw. He gave a short nod and walked out of his office.

***

Adrian worked away on his laptop on the bed while Naomi flipped through a magazine next to him. She tossed it aside a few moments later and let out a loud groan. She was bored out of her mind. Who

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