Fox Goes Hunting by Paty Jager

Author:Paty Jager
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Native American Master Tracker, Iceland, Murder mystery with a twist, Search and rescue, international intrigue
Publisher: Windtree Press
Published: 2020-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Time was running out. Tomorrow would be Sunday and everyone, other than the people staying for the Snow Jeep tour would be leaving. And Dani would be arriving on Monday. He wanted this cleared up to not impose on her vacation.

Hawke called Böðvarsson.

“Did you get the surveillance tapes from around the Harpa area?” he asked as soon as the detective answered.

“Yes. The prosecutor understands the need to get this wrapped up before people scatter.”

“Good. Can you send a car to pick me up at the Harpa? Also, I have some new information.” He went on to tell Böðvarsson what Riku had told him.

“His friends? I don’t think they would kill Nonni.”

“Neither do I, but they all knew Billy Weston was here. They mentioned something about a meeting. I think that’s enough to ask them to come in and talk with us.”

Böðvarsson sighed. “I agree. I’ll have an officer call and request they come in this afternoon.”

“And send a car for me.”

“Yes. I will send a car for you.”

The connection went silent.

Hawke hurried out to the front of the Harpa. He didn’t want to miss the police car picking him up and miss out on Nonni’s friends being questioned.

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Hawke sat in a room with Böðvarsson and Bragi. He had been the first of Nonni’s friends to arrive at the police station.

“I don’t understand why you think I would know anything about Nonni’s death.” The young man drew rings on the top of the table with a fingertip, keeping his gaze cast downward.

Böðvarsson nodded to Hawke.

“We’ve learned that Billy Weston and Nonni had a meeting. And that you and the rest of his friends knew about it.”

Bragi’s shoulders drooped. He slowly raised his gaze to Hawke’s. “Nonni told us not to tell anyone. He was trying to make the problem between the Westons and his family go away. They, Nonni and his father, set up the place where Billy is staying.”

Hawke slapped a hand on the table.

The young man jumped and leaned back.

“You all knew where he was staying, and yet, I had to wait until the next morning for Katrín to send me the address?” Hawke stood and paced back and forth. What kind of friends withheld information that would expose their friend’s killer? “I’d told you that I believed his killer was here with the conference, that we had to catch him before everyone headed home.” He sat back down. “You all knew who he was before I showed you the photo and asked you to help me find him.” He glared at Bragi. “Did you take me to all the other bars, hoping I’d give up?”

“No! We didn’t know which bar he was at.”

“But you knew where he was staying!” Because he rarely lost his composure, Hawke stood up, waved to Böðvarsson to continue, and stepped out of the room. How could the group have been so stupid to not tell him the truth from the beginning? Nonni was dead, breaking a promise would help them find his killer.

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