Shadow Fall (Tracers Series Book 9) by Laura Griffin

Author:Laura Griffin [Griffin, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, United States, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary Fiction, American, Mystery & Suspense, Suspense
Amazon: B00UDCNHGE
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2015-09-21T14:00:00+00:00

THE MEETING BROKE up when Kelsey and Mark had to leave, and Tara was left sitting across the conference table from her boss. She watched him jotting notes on his legal pad.

She took a deep breath. “Why wasn’t I told about the task force?”

He looked up. “What about it?”

“That it exists, for starters.”

He rested his pen. “We’re investigating a serial killer. A task force is standard procedure.”

“So you mean to involve the locals?”

He nodded. “Sheriff Ingram, Chief Becker. Couple of agents from our office—you, Martinez, Mike Brannon.”

Her temper festered. “I’m guessing Brannon’s in charge, then?”

“You’re in charge.”

She stared at him.

“I’m hoping you can provide a bridge between us and the locals. There are some tricky politics here, as I’m sure you’ve noticed. Given your background, we think you’re the one we need to fill the gap.”

Her background. “You mean . . . because I’m from around here?”

“That’s part of it. You’re one of the few agents in our office who’s actually from East Texas. And your background’s in policing, which gets us some points with local cops.”

“And I’m a woman.”

“That, too.”

She couldn’t believe he’d admitted it. Had he really just put her in charge of an entire task force as some sort of affirmative-action move?

Maybe this was a PR strategy. Maybe he wanted it to look like the Bureau actually gave a damn that some sociopath was going around butchering women, whether or not they happened to be political figures.

Only that wasn’t true.

Over the past year, three young women from the same geographic area had disappeared, never to be heard from again. And not one law-enforcement agency, federal or otherwise, had launched a serious investigation until Catalina Reyes’s Lexus LS 460 was found abandoned in a park.

The media was going to be all over this angle, if they weren’t already, which meant the Bureau was in damage-control mode. It was going to be a firestorm, and Tara was going to be right in the middle of it, taking the heat on behalf of every badge involved.

Well, so be it. She was pissed off enough not to care.

“Are you having second thoughts about taking this case?” he asked.

As if she’d had a choice. “No, but I could use more information.”

“Such as?”

“What’s Judge Mooring’s involvement? Why’d he call us in on this?”

Jacobs leaned back in his chair. “Mooring’s politically connected.”

“I know, but that doesn’t explain why he called us in before the body was even identified.”

“He wanted to get ahead of it.”

“Ahead of what?”

“Two high-profile politicians from the same county, from opposite ends of the political spectrum. It’s no secret their camps don’t like each other. Mooring called us as soon as he heard about the abandoned car. He wanted the feds involved early to make sure the investigation was handled right.”

“ ‘Right’ as in focused on someone besides him?”

Jacobs just looked at her.

“Has anyone checked him out?”

“Discreetly, but yes,” he said. “I put Brannon on it the very first day.”

Tara’s mind whirled as so many new details—important details—came to light. She cringed to think what else she’d been left in the dark about.

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