Detective Flint Box Set: A Detective Story Box Set Books 1-3 by Nancy McGovern & J.T. Dawson

Author:Nancy McGovern & J.T. Dawson [McGovern, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cozy Mystery, Private Detective
Publisher: McGovern Books
Published: 2017-01-21T00:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 5

Rain

Zach Dennington folded his arms like a pouting first grader. Refusing to look at Flint, he focused on a white paper cup on the gray table he was sitting behind in the interrogation room. The paper cup held hot coffee, but he wasn't interested in 'Cop Coffee', as he’d called it. “What's this all about, huh?” he snapped.

Flint, leaning against the front wall near the door, patiently studied Zach's face. “Why did you kill Mandy Garland?” he asked in a cool voice. No sense in playing rough with a bratty kid who would only begin whining to his momma that the teacher made him stand in the corner.

“I told you,” Zach yelled, balling his hands into two tight fists, “I didn't kill that old hag!”

“No?” Flint asked, keeping his cool. “Then who did? Come on Zach, I saw you escape through the ceiling.” Hoping to bait another hook in order to catch a fish, Flint eased forward. “If you confess, I'll work with you. If you refuse to cooperate, then I'm going to have a lie detector test hauled in here and hooked up to you.”

Zach finally raised his eyes. “Listen, Dick Tracy,” he said, his voice still angry as ever, “I didn't kill that woman. I don't know who you saw making this escape you keep talking about, but it wasn't me. So bring on the lie detector test.”

Flint nodded. As much as he hated to admit it, Zach was telling him the truth. He still needed information, though. Zach wasn't getting off easy. “Do you have any enemies, Zach?”

“Who doesn't?” Zach huffed.

“Does William have any enemies?”

“Me,” Zach said. “I can't stand that jerk. But we're all puppets, doing what the studio tells us.”

Flint leaned up off the wall. He walked to the gray table, pulled out a metal chair, and sat down. “Zach, what I'm asking is simply this: do you believe someone is trying to ruin the movie that Haley Frost is currently acting in?”

“Why would someone want to kick a stupid teen horror that will be thrown into a discount bin after the studio has made all the money it can off it?” Zach asked. Giving in, he snatched the 'Cop Coffee' up off the table and took a sip.

“Yeah, why would they?” Flint asked.

“Man, you're way off,” Zach said, rolling his eyes. “The taxpayers are really getting their money's worth with you.”

“Oh?” Flint asked, baiting Zach. “Think you can do better?”

“Better than you,” Zach said. “Listen, Dick Tracy, the death threats are aimed at the little princess, right?”

Flint nodded. “The death threats are aimed at Haley Frost, yes.”

“And Haley's Frost agent, Mandy Garland, was murdered today, right?”

“Right,” Flint agreed, resisting the urge to slap the smug look Zach had on his face across the room.

“Okay, so the old hag is now out of the picture. So now... just maybe... Haley will start getting some decent job offers, you catch?”

“Are you implying Haley Frost is behind the murder of Mandy Garland?” Flint asked.

“Hey,” Zach said,

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