Shakedown by Joel Goldman

Author:Joel Goldman [Goldman, Joel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: cookie429, Kat, Extratorrents, Fiction / Thrillers, Murder - Investigation, Kansas City (Mo.), Suspense fiction, Legal Stories, Mass Murder
ISBN: 9781467996617
Publisher: Joel Goldman
Published: 2007-12-31T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-two

Ammara Iverson gave me a lift back to my car.

“That was slick,” I said, as she drove away from the rail yard.

“You mean the Mutt and Jeff routine Troy and Ziegler did back there?”

“They were smooth, I’ll give them that. You think Ziegler had really talked to the D.A.?”

“Ziegler never bluffs. Troy reached out to Ziegler as soon as we found out about Javy Ordonez. I was on the call with him.”

“You think there’s a connection?”

“Doesn’t matter. Troy would have done the same thing. Ziegler, too. They’re all in favor of cooperating with the local cops as long as they get to run the show.”

“I get that. I don’t care about the turf battle. I’m more interested in whether the cases are connected.”

“Too soon to tell, but that gun the tech found makes things more interesting.”

“How so?” I asked.

Ammara took a breath. “Remember, I didn’t tell you any of this. Ballistics says that a .45 caliber was used in the drug house murders. If this gun is a match, we may have our first real break.”

“The .45 was standard military issue, marines mostly,” I said.

“They aren’t just for the military,” she said. “Glock and Ruger both make .45s. So do some other manufacturers. They’re great for self-protection. Lots of stopping power.”

“If the gun they found was military issue, that could give us an angle to look at.”

“Us,” she said. “Not you.”

I ignored her comment. “How about our squad? Anybody like the .45?”

Ammara turned toward me, smiling. “Nope. Everybody likes the .40 caliber, Glocks mostly, same as you.”

“I’m not just talking about service weapons. What about personal guns?”

She bit her lower lip, shaking her head. “Troy asked all of us. No one said they had a .45, but I guess that doesn’t prove anything, does it.”

“Not much.”

Ammara didn’t argue, changing subjects instead. “You should let go of this case, Jack. Take care of yourself.”

“That’s what they tell me.”

“I’m serious, Jack. You keep showing up like this, Troy will change the locks.”

“How badly does Troy want to keep me out of the way?”

“Bad enough. You saw him today.”

“Doesn’t answer my question. I don’t think it has anything to do with my health. I think that’s a convenient excuse. He wants my squad on a permanent basis. Always has.”

“I don’t know. Troy has his way of seeing the world. It’s not mine, but he’s running the squad.”

“Anything else new from your end besides the ballistics?” I asked.

“A few more dead ends. That kid, Luis Alvarez, the one who supposedly shot Tony Phillips and who the Winston brothers put in intensive care, he didn’t make it. Never woke up.”

“It’s like they all decided to kill each other. Kind of like a suicide pact.”

“Only difference,” Ammara said, “people who make a suicide pact kill themselves, not one another.”

“Has to be a last man standing. Anything else?”

She shrugged. “We talked to Jalise Williams’s family and friends. No indication she was stepping out on Marcellus or doing anything else to make her a target.”

“Well, that’s not all bad.

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