Cold Case Affair by Loreth Anne White

Author:Loreth Anne White
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2009-03-05T06:00:00+00:00

“Some of them deal with this threat by becoming fatalists—they just put their life in God’s hands each day and go down into that mine.”

“Is that what your father did?”

“No.” He shook his head. “My dad didn’t believe in fate. He was what they call a perfectionist. He used to say Tolkin killed only foolish miners. He said it was smarts, not God, that would keep him alive. He learned to know that rock like he knew the backs of his own hands, Muirinn. He’d study it carefully, figure how to slant drill holes at just the precise angle, put in just the right amount of explosive—enough to shatter it apart without disturbing the drifts where men worked, or endangering lives.”

“So Adam was an explosives expert. Plus, he’d have known that closed-off part of the mine?”

“What are you saying?”

“Nothing. I was just wondering how many explosives experts worked Tolkin at the time of the blast.”

“A lot,” he said crisply. “Look, I don’t like your insinuation here. My father—

“I’m not saying Adam had anything to do with murders, Jett!” she interjected. “I’m just saying that your father would know those veteran explosives experts, and I was thinking that maybe he could help us.”

Jett’s chest tightened, his thoughts turning grudgingly to the odd bootprints in the black mud. “If my dad knew anything, Muirinn, anything at all, he would’ve told the cops a long time ago.”

“And they could have buried it, just like they buried those crime scene photos that Ike gave to Gus and erased the prints.”

He held her gaze, his body growing cold.

“You were explaining about the bonds that develop between miners, Jett,” she urged softly.

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