Witch House by Dana Donovan

Author:Dana Donovan [Donovan, Dana]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Usenet, detective mystery, witchcraft, Paranormal, detective, witch, supernatural, C429, Kat, Exratorrents
Publisher: Dana Donovan
Published: 2012-04-01T09:11:13+00:00

FIFTEEN

I think that sometimes I underestimate Dominic Spinelli. The calls he makes, the channels he surfs and the rocks he turns over to collect information stops nowhere short of amazing. In the old days, I used to do the same thing. My tenacity, often confused for stubbornness, was legendary. The difference is that my way used to lead me down more dead ends and fewer throughways than I care to remember. It often took me days to learn what Spinelli now finds out in only hours. Of course, in my day we did not have E.I.N.I., that electronic interface gizmo I mentioned earlier. It is such a helpful information-gathering tool that we all occasionally take it for granted. Nonetheless, what fruitful tidbits Spinelli distills from within its circuitry continues to amaze me.

We spent the first ten minutes upon our return to the Justice Center filling Spinelli in on our trip to Pete’s Place. We relayed to him Pete’s positive I.D. regarding DeAngelo and Chief Running Bear’s photos. Then we told him about our conversation with Frank Tarkowski. Dominic said he knew about prison pets, adding that it works both ways, and that statistically, such arrangements seldom last beyond the first year or two, and almost never beyond five. “Inevitably,” he said, “the partner on the outside either regains the confidence of a subjugated will or resigns to its calling. In any case, she dumps her prison pet for someone who will either treat her right or….”

“Or treat her like crap again,” I said.

“Yeah, Pretty much.”

“Okay then, that’s all we got. What do you have?”

“Only this.” He opened a manila envelope, removed a small stack of papers and dropped them on my desk. “These are photocopies of paid receipts for Stephanie Stiles’ rent and utility bills dating back over sixteen years.”

“Nice, so who is our mystery benefactor, Kemper?”

“I bet it’s Powell,” said Carlos. “He’s such a snake.”

Dominic smiled. “You are both wrong. If there is a snake in the grass, it’s William DeAngelo.”

“Warden Bill?”

“Yup.”

“I don’t get it. Is he dating her, too?”

“It’s hard to say.” Spinelli reached into the envelope and removed a handful of black and white surveillance photos. “These are from last night and this morning. Two men and two women came to see her in that time. One man came alone, one woman came alone and the other two came as a couple. We don’t know who they are, but for sure neither of the men were DeAngelo.”

“Interesting.” I picked up the photocopied receipts and began thumbing through them. “In our interview with him, DeAngelo told us that Stephanie Stiles had only just started visiting Landau at the prison, leading us to believe he barely knew her. Stiles, however, claimed she started seeing Landau almost since day one. Why would DeAngelo lie about knowing Stephanie Stiles, and why is he fronting her tab for a riverfront apartment?”

Carlos said, “It’s the oldest arrangement in the book, isn’t it? She’s his mistress.”

“No, there has to be more to it than that.

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