Caribbean Rim (A Doc Ford Novel) by Randy Wayne White

Author:Randy Wayne White [White, Randy Wayne]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2018-03-13T00:00:00+00:00

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Tamara was dealing with those feelings again, in bed alone, in a space so tiny she could feel Ford’s presence through the wall, when a distant scream took it all away. A second scream followed, the extended howl of an animal in pain.

“Lock up,” he hollered from the other room. “Turn out the lights and stay away from windows until I get back.”

She got a glimpse of the biologist going out the door: shorts, no shirt, boots untied, a gun in his hand. It was a little after midnight. His reading light was still on and he had yet to put the chart away. What she heard next was so chilling that closing a simple dead bolt became a complex task. A voice, a man’s voice, far away. It shrieked fragmented notes of pain from somewhere inland. Then a single, distinct word—“Mama?”—and went silent.

After that, no more. Fear the man might scream again tainted the possibility. On the counter was a knife, a folding knife, black carbon. The biologist had left it for her as protection. Despite what she’d been told, Tamara carried it from window to window, peering out after re-checking each lock, then to the bedroom, which had no lock. After twenty minutes, she remembered the constable at Fresh Creek.

The landline didn’t work. There was no cell reception inside the cottage because of the tin roof. She would have to turn the lights bright and walk outside to make a call.

This time, Tamara decided, I’ll get dressed first.

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