The dark tide by Andrew Gross

Author:Andrew Gross [Gross, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New York (State), Murder, Traffic accidents, Fiction - Espionage, American Mystery & Suspense Fiction, Political, Fiction, New York, Suspense, Adventure fiction, Conspiracy, Thrillers, Suspense fiction, Widows, Thriller
ISBN: 9780061143434
Publisher: New York : William Morrow, c2008.
Published: 2009-01-13T07:00:00+00:00

HAUCK STAGGERED TO the door when he heard her knock. In a pair of gym shorts and a robe to conceal his wounds. He grinned, pale, his expression saying something like, I’m really sorry for getting you into this. Then he sort of leaned into her.

She looked at him, horrified. “What the hell’s happened, Ty?”

“I found Dietz’s place. I staked it out all night. I didn’t think anyone was there. This morning I went in.”

“He was there?”

“No.” Hauck took the bag of medical supplies he’d requested out of her hands—disinfectant, tape, and gauze. He stepped back over to the couch with a bit of a limp, eased himself down. “Hodges was, though.”

Her eyes screwed up. “Hodges?”

“He was the other witness at AJ Raymond’s hit-and-run. I guess they were in this together. Partners.”

“Together in what?”

That was when Karen’s gaze focused on the welts on Hauck’s neck, and she gasped. “My God, Ty, what have you done?” She drew back the collar of his terry robe, eyes wide, gently running her fingers across the bruised skin, inspecting the torn knuckles, aghast, carefully taking his hands in hers.

“This side’s worse.” Hauck shrugged, guiltily, letting his robe fall open to reveal the matted blood and tracks of torn flesh underneath his arm.

“Oh, my God!”

“It was all set up,” he said, trying to explain. “Abel Raymond. Lauer. Those accidents, they were hits. Dietz and Hodges killed them both. To cover it all up.”

“What!?” There was a pall of confusion on Karen’s face, but also something deeper—fear, knowing that somehow what he wasn’t totally divulging related back to her. That Charlie was involved.

“What happened to Hodges?” she asked, grabbing the disinfectant and ripping open the box of gauze.

His expression was stonelike. “Hodges was shot, Karen.”

“Shot?” She put the things back down, the color draining from her face. “Dead…?”

“No. At least I don’t think so.”

He told her everything. How he had gone inside the house figuring it was safe, and how Hodges came in, surprising him, in Dietz’s office. How they’d struggled, Hodges slashing him with the horn, clamping the iron poker across his neck, how Hauck thought he was dying. How he’d shot Hodges.

“Oh, my God, Ty…” Karen’s eyes were wide and empathetic. The consternation on her face had turned to real fear. “What did the police say? It has to be self-defense, right? He was trying to kill you, Ty.”

Hauck kept his gaze trained on her. “I didn’t call in the police, Karen.”

She blinked. “What…?”

“I had no right to be there, Karen. The whole thing was illegal from the start. I didn’t have a warrant. There isn’t an open case against them. I’m not even on goddamn duty, Karen.”

“Ty…” Karen’s hand shot to her mouth as she started to realize the situation. “You can’t just pretend this didn’t happen. You shot someone.”

“This man tried to kill me, Karen! You want me to call the police? Don’t you understand? Your husband was in bed with these people, Karen. Dietz, Hodges. When Charlie left Grand Central that morning, he made his way up to Greenwich.

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