Viking Vengeance by Maggie Foster

Author:Maggie Foster
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: murder mystery, medical mystery, suspense, series, Scottish, female sleuth, female protagonist, amateur sleuth, amateur detective, Loch Lonach, Dallas, Texas, history, genealogy, kilts, Viking, Up-Helly-Aa, intelligent, entertaining, intriguing
ISBN: 978-0-9989858-4-8
Publisher: Maggies Mysteries
Published: 2019-03-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 32

Sunday Morning

Dallas, TX

Detective Tran returned from the break room to find an alert on her computer. Someone had run a search on Dr. Mackenzie.

She read the cryptic request with interest. ‘Confirm credentials, physician, Texas.’ The originating station was Albany, NY. She picked up the phone and dialed the number, identified herself, and asked to speak to the officer in charge.

“Lieutenant Shapiro. What can I do for you?”

“I understand you ran a fingerprint search on Dr. Angus James Mackenzie today.”

“Right.”

“What are the circumstances of that request, please?”

The voice on the other end of the line sharpened. “What’s your interest in him?”

Detective Tran explained she was following up on a homicide and that Dr. Mackenzie was a person of interest who might or might not have information that might or might not help her in her investigation.

“I see. Well, first, can you confirm he’s really a doctor?”

Detective Tran’s eyebrows rose. “I have no definitive information on that subject, but he is employed in a local emergency room and I have not heard it suggested that he is an imposter.”

“Hmm. Guess I need to wait for the official results, then.”

“What has happened?”

“You seen the news?”

“Not since last night.”

“Well, it might not be on in Texas, but it’s getting big coverage here.”

“One moment, please.” Detective Tran took her phone into the break room and turned on the monitor. A quick scan of the news channels showed her what she wanted. “I see a reference to an explosion.”

“We think it was a gas main. The weather has been playing havoc with our infrastructure and it looks as if a pipeline cracked. The levels were way over safety limits in the area.”

Detective Tran was watching the images on the screen. “This was a rail station?”

“A light rail, yeah. We think the train set it off, but maybe it was a passenger smoking. Either way, the result was chaos. The death toll’s already twenty-three and we ain’t through counting yet.”

“How does Dr. Mackenzie fit into this?”

“He got caught in the blast, then spent an hour patching up the casualties all by himself. We think he saved at least five of them.”

“Indeed?”

“Yeah, but the legal johnnies want to make sure he really is who he says he is, in case any of this comes back to bite us.”

“I see.” Detective Tran had her eye on the TV screen and could see footage of the disaster, complete with what might have been Dr. Mackenzie working on a patient. The picture wasn’t clear enough for her to tell, but if they had his fingerprints, then it was the man himself.

“I can answer half your question for you, Lieutenant. The fingerprints you ran belong to the man I know as Dr. Mackenzie.”

“You had his prints on file?”

“He was the target of an attempted murder three months ago.”

“But you don’t know if he’s really a doctor?”

“There was no reason to check. I visited him in the hospital and heard him addressed by members of the staff as ‘doctor,’ but that proves nothing.

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