The Lady Luck Killer (PI Mason Black Book 2) by Nick Adams

Author:Nick Adams [Adams, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Papyrus Publishing
Published: 2025-09-06T00:00:00+00:00

FORTY-SEVEN

Alison Wendell. It made perfect sense now, but it was too late.

When he’d seen it in Marvin Wendell’s report that he had a sister, Mason had only considered it a possibility she may have had some involvement. He’d already set about figuring out how to track her down. But now he understood the shocking fact: Alison Wendell and Lady Luck were one and the same.

The sirens stopped, but the shouting didn’t. They were outside now, their footfalls clanging up the metal staircase. Out of ideas, Mason resorted to all he could think of. He rushed to stand behind the door.

The first officer walked in, his firearm aimed forward. As soon as he was in the room, Mason grabbed him from behind and kicked the door shut. It gave him just enough time to wrestle the gun from the officer and wrap an arm around his neck.

The door swung open again, and three more officers stood in shock at the sight of Mason holding an officer at gunpoint.

“I’m sorry,” Mason said, “but I have to do this before I come in.”

“Let him go, Mr. Black.” The officer’s voice was deep and commanding. It was obvious he was no rookie.

“I can’t.” Mason dragged the cop back toward the other door, praying it wasn’t locked. Doing it fast so as not to lose his advantage, he tried the handle. To his luck, it popped open. “Don’t follow me.”

He closed the door behind him, saw the key in the keyhole, and turned it. This room was completely closed off. Mason had shut himself in.

Goddamnit.

“You won’t get out of here.” The officer spat, clawing at his arm for some breathing space. “They’ll call for backup and catch you. They always catch the killers.”

Mason let him go and pointed the gun at him. “I know. I’ll turn myself in when I find the proof that it wasn’t me. You just make sure you tell them that.”

“Tell them yourself.”

But Mason wasn’t listening. Instead, he focused on the fire escape on the other side of the glass. With his one free hand, he tried the window. It slid open, and he put one foot outside. “Come here.”

The officer hesitated before stepping forward.

Mason reached around the man’s waist and took the handcuffs from his belt. “Cuff yourself to the curtain rail.”

“What—”

“Just do it.”

The officer was moving too slow. There was a thumping on the door, and it was bulging forward under the force. It wouldn’t be long before they breached the room, and he would be surrounded. He didn’t want to think about what would happen to Evie then.

“Good.” Mason climbed out to the fire escape, the officer’s cuffed body causing an obstruction for anyone trying to follow. It might not take his colleagues long to get him free, but a few valuable moments could be the difference between freedom and being gunned down. Kicking the ladder free, Mason climbed down with the gun in one hand. Above him, he heard the officer yelling as the door burst open.

“We have a visual!”

They were stepping out onto the fire escape.

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