Shattered by Death (A Jo Oliver Thriller Book 2) by Catherine Finger

Author:Catherine Finger [Finger, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HopeSprings Books
Published: 2016-06-06T16:00:00+00:00

We stood together in silence. Heat poured over my face and neck, but it was receding, bringing a welcome coolness in its wake.

Mitch unfolded her arms and placed her hands on her hips, calling out her inner cop. “Is it just me, or is someone going around eliminating some of our Chief’s worst enemies in a strikingly similar fashion?”

The words floated past me so I could examine them in fragments before letting them soak in too deeply. My pulse sped as the three murder scenes pieced themselves together. There had to be a sense of order. I had to create coherent thoughts and forge steel tracks to the next stop in this nightmare before another train wreck—before another murder.

“But that just can’t be.” So much for coherent thoughts. I shook my head, but nothing else came out.

“But it is, Jo. Look, I didn’t buy the similarities theory before, but I do now. We’ll have to wait ‘til the crime scene boys do their thing, but we know what we’re going to find. Don’t we?” Mitch dug her feet into the soft earth, widening her cop stance.

“All three murder scenes do look to be connected.” Nick’s voice was softer than usual. It wasn’t like him to use vague language.

“What do you mean, ‘look to be connected’? They didn’t teach you better than that at Quantico? You don’t know that they’re connected, or are you just not saying what you know?” The chords in my neck strained under my skin, and my ears were heating up. Where did Richardson fit in the midst of this theory?

It seemed like we were at a funeral, my funeral, and everyone kept talking about how great the body looked. But hey, people, I’m dead! How good could I really look? Dead don’t look so good in my book! I needed some quality time alone. I needed a safe place to sort this all out.

Nick stepped into my space, placing his finger under my chin before turning my face toward his.

“A word with you, Chief?” A wisp of heat flowed through me as I met his gaze. It melted away as splintered glass broke open in my stomach. Nick nodded his head toward his SUV, cocking an eyebrow at me.

Leave it to him to sense what I needed and to offer it—a little one-on-one with my favorite man-hunter. Or was he turning his scope on me next? I blinked and took a deep, settling breath.

“Looks like I’m riding shotgun with Nick on the way back, Mitch. Think you can manage the drive home without me?” I winked, tossed the keys toward her, and laughed as she snatched them out of the air.

“Whatever.”

“Muttering does not become you.” It felt good to get our banter back.

“Whatever.” She turned and trudged to my car without looking back.

“Madame?” Nick held his arm out to me, and I took it. That familiar warmth oozed through me.

How could I even question my Nick? “What the heck? Do we believe in coincidences all of

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