Eve Duncan - 08 - Blood Game by Iris Johansen

Author:Iris Johansen
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Eve (Fictitious character), Mystery & Detective, Serial murder investigation, Crime, Duncan, General, Mystery fiction, Women Sleuths, Thrillers, Suspense, Fiction
ISBN: 9780312368135
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2010-04-20T05:00:00+00:00

TWO HOURS LATER, EVE WALKED Joe to his car parked on the street.

"I'll be home as soon as I get my report written out," Joe said. "And I'm leaving one of the squad cars here to escort you and Jane back to the cottage." He said curtly, "Don't let her stay here, Eve."

"Patty wouldn't let her do it." She smiled. "Neither would I. Stop worrying."

He shook his head. "That's not going to happen."

Eve didn't speak for a moment. "You had no trouble getting a statement from Patty's grandfather?"

"No, he was very cooperative. He didn't know anything, but he was patient, even pleasant."

"Really. That's unusual."

"Yeah, I know Patty says he's difficult. Maybe he was having a good day." He shrugged. "Anyway, it made my job easier."

"That's what Caleb said. He said he wanted to try to make your job easier."

"So he talked the old man into giving me a break?" Joe asked skeptically. "He was a stranger to him. I doubt if he'd have any influence."

"And he was only in the room for a few minutes." Eve paused. "Weird."

"He's weird," Joe said. "And I'm tired of dealing with weirdos." He shook his head. "But I guess someone could call me that, couldn't they?"

"Not anyone who had a good sense of self-preservation," Eve said. She watched him get into his car. "But, yes, Caleb is definitely a little bizarre." And she was tired of dealing with the bizarre too. She wanted a return to the norm. She was desperately missing their steady, down-to-earth, day-to-day routine.

What was she thinking? Any steadiness that they'd had in these years had been fleeting at best. And it had always been her choices that had thrown them into turmoil. She stepped away from the car. "I'll see you back at the cottage."

He nodded as he pulled away from the curb. "I've decided I'm going to release a photo of Jelak to the media. I can only say we want him for questioning in the killings since we don't have a damn bit of proof. But I'll feel better about having his face out there for everyone to recognize."

"I will too."

"And I'm leaving a squad car here at the house for Patty."

She smiled. "Can you arrange for Charlie Brand to take the first watch? She'd feel safer."

"I'll put in a request."

"Do that." She watched his car until it rounded the corner before turning back to the house. Jane was just leaving and saying good-bye to Patty on the porch. Patty waved to Eve, then turned and went back into the house.

"I still think I should stay with her," Jane said as she walked toward Eve. "But she won't have it."

"Neither would Joe and I," Eve said. "Caleb was right. That's what Jelak would want you to do." She got into her car. "And Patty will have protection. There's no problem now that there's proof she's involved in the case."

"No, I'd say that's a definite." She shivered. "The idea of him sitting only a room away just waiting like a spider in his web for her to come to him gives me the creeps.

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