Double Scotch by Steven Henry

Author:Steven Henry [Henry, Steven]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clickworks Press
Published: 2019-01-08T16:00:00+00:00

“Welcome back,” Vic said when Erin and Rolf walked onto the second floor. “What's the verdict?”

“Turns out I'm not crazy.”

“I should've gone with you,” he said. “I could've told him that wasn't true.”

“Asshole.”

“Psycho.”

“Get a room, you two,” Kira said. “Take care of some of that tension and come back when you're ready to work.”

Webb ignored her and looked at Erin. “You good to go?”

“Yeah,” she said. “What'd I miss?”

He sighed. “The guy we've got in custody won't say anything. Not word one. He hasn't even asked for a lawyer.”

“I think he only speaks German,” Erin said.

Webb shrugged. “Doesn't matter. He's got no ID on him, we don't have his prints on file. You think he could be this Rüdel guy Carlyle mentioned to you?”

It was Erin's turn to shrug. “Beats me. From what Carlyle said, it sounded like he didn't know him personally, just by reputation.”

“Any idea why Rüdel would be gunning for Carlyle?”

“Taking over the O'Malleys, maybe?” she guessed. But even as she said it, it didn't sound quite right to her.

“Or just taking out Carlyle,” Kira said. “A guy in his line of work makes a lot of enemies.”

“Rüdel's a contractor, going by what Carlyle told me,” Erin said. “That means he's working for somebody.”

“Carlyle won't say who,” Vic said.

“Did you ask him?” Erin asked.

Vic snorted. “He's a mob guy. Yeah, he's just aching to spill his guts and tell all his secrets to the NYPD. Why the hell didn't I think of that?”

“Anyway, that's not our only problem,” Webb said. “Holliday called me a couple minutes ago, gave me a heads-up.”

“What'd the Captain want?” Erin asked.

“He's letting us know the Feebies are nosing around,” Webb said. “Homeland Security, too.”

“Shit,” Vic muttered. “Goddamn Feds.”

“What for?” Erin asked.

“They're saying it's potentially international,” Webb explained. “If this Rüdel is a German national, and if the Scottish guys were killed in international waters, then it's a federal case.”

“No way were they killed that far offshore,” Kira said. “I checked the tide charts. The bodies were dumped close in.”

“Whatever,” Webb said. “The Captain's handling the Feds for the moment, but there's a lot of pressure. Plus, with the explosives, Homeland Security is considering calling these guys terrorists.”

“This was an attempted murder,” Erin said. “Not terrorism.”

“This was actual murder, O'Reilly,” Webb corrected her. “Four of them, in fact.”

She shook her head. “Those were incidental. Carlyle was the target. The others were just in the way.”

“Bodyguards,” Vic said.

“You think the killers knew about them?” Kira asked.

“Absolutely,” Vic said. “You saw the bullet pattern in their booth. One of them didn't even have the chance to get up. These guys came in and gunned them down right on the spot. Tierney, the waitress, said they didn't even say anything, they just started shooting. And they didn't bother to come behind the bar and shoot her or the bartender.”

“They weren't trying to eliminate witnesses,” Erin said, understanding.

Vic nodded. “Which tells us nothing.”

“It tells us the same thing the breaching charge does,” Erin said. “The hitmen had inside information about the Barley Corner and Carlyle's defensive measures.

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