Three Small Bones: A totally unputdownable mystery and suspense novel (Detective Katie Scott Book 8) by Jennifer Chase
Author:Jennifer Chase [Chase, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781803145938
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2022-09-15T16:00:00+00:00
TWENTY-EIGHT
Saturday 1415 hours
Katie had buried herself for the past hour in paperwork, reading through everything she could and extracting anything that would be pertinent to their investigation. She knew that Detective Hamilton was overburdened with the homicides of Travis Stone and Jimmy Turner, but Katie had to keep her concentration and efforts on their cold cases of the Cross family and Sara Simms.
McGaven had been on the phone trying to get hold of anyone in Sara Simmsâs family.
Katie organized several piles of rental applicantsâcategorizing them for further background checks to see if any of them had any connection to anyone they had spoken with so far. She then went through the file that Travis Stone had given them at their first meeting, cross-referencing them with the Crossesâ rental paperwork.
âWow,â she said under her breath.
âWhat? You have something?â
âNot yet. Mr. Stone certainly kept impeccable paperwork. Iâve never seen anything quite like this.â
âDid you not see that guy?â
Katie turned to her partner. âWhat do you mean?â
âCâmon, Katie, that guy spent more time in front of the mirror than he did working. That tells you quite a bit. If his notes were that detailed it meant he didnât have a life.â
âFunny. He made some interesting memo notes.â Pulling one of the rental application forms, she said, âListen to this, and I quote: âMr. H. doesnât have the skills to keep his current job. Doubt he will be able to pay rent after six monthsâ.â
âHarsh. Did he have a crystal ball to see the future?â
âBut donât you see? He went the extra mile on everyone. Itâs like he profiled every applicant. He was careful, methodical, and a bit unnerving.â
âNow that sounds like a serial killer.â
âHe was a serial something, thatâs for sure.â
âWhat made the Cross family the winner?â
âI donât know. His notes were just initials. BGC.â
âBGC? Maybe background check?â
âCould be. I think he had his own way of taking notesâlike shorthand. We probably wonât know for sure because he had his own way of coding and interpreting things.â Katie kept reading. âIt seems that Stone spoke to both bossesâStan Bates and Tiffany.â
âSeems reasonable.â
âDo you think he mightâve known either one of them?â she said.
âItâs possible. But they didnât say anything except that Stone was harassing the Crosses. You still donât think that Stone killed the family, do you?â
âNo. But heâs connected somehow, part of the picture, not just the fact that he owned the house and paid to have it burned down.â She flipped through her notes. âRemind me when Stewart Fitzgerald was arrested? Can you see if heâs in the system?â
McGaven typed in the parameters into the police database: Fitzgerald, Stewart, moniker, Flash. He waited. âGot a hit. Yep, heâs been taken into custody for arson and looks like he sees a judge next week for his bail hearing.â
âHow long has he been there?â
âSince⦠yesterday, like Hamilton said.â
âHmm,â she said. She leaned back and stared at the investigation board, which was now mostly empty since most items had been transferred to the forensic room.
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