Harlequin Intrigue July 2016, Box Set 2 of 2 by Angi Morgan

Author:Angi Morgan
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488006319
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

“So, what did your boyfriend give you there?” Brandon asked between bites of his cereal.

A number of couples and families were around them now, the romantic mood that had engulfed them broken, but not the easiness.

“Something I wanted to check into. See if the dates lined up.” She slid over the postcard with the dates the DJ would be visiting the different clubs. “I noticed they were at Jaguar’s three nights ago and at Allure last week.”

He took the card to study it. “And at Diamond Cabaret two weeks before that, which would be right around when the first victim was found.”

“I know the dates don’t correspond with their deaths, but I just thought it was interesting that it was the same order.”

Brandon nodded. “Very interesting.”

“Do you think this DJ Shawn Shocker has anything to do with it?”

“I doubt he is our culprit. Purity doesn’t really look like his thing.”

She looked at the back of the card with the picture of the DJ and the angel and she-devil on his shoulders. No, Andrea wouldn’t peg him as the killer, either. “So maybe it’s someone, like Petey and his friends, traveling around on the ‘pilgrimage’ with DJ Shocker.”

Brandon nodded. “Definitely a possibility. Actually, this could be the biggest break in the case we’ve had so far. Good job.”

She smiled, then looked at the paper again. “It doesn’t explain about victim number two, Ashley Judson. She didn’t work at a dance club at all, one on or off DJ Shocker’s list.”

“You’re right. But also, there was no one killed from the club that the DJ visited that week.”

“What does that mean?”

Brandon shrugged, looking at his notebook. “Let’s follow this thread all the way out.” He lowered his voice so their conversation wouldn’t be overheard by the few people eating breakfast. “Let’s say it’s a DJ Shocker groupie who’s committing our crimes. Someone who is following Shocker from club to club, picking a woman and killing her a day or two later.

“Okay, victim number one, Yvette Tyler, was killed one day after Shocker’s stop at Diamond Cabaret. There were no reported deaths after Shocker’s stop at Vixen’s the next week.”

“But victim number two was killed where she worked at the truck stop.”

Brandon nodded. “And we know she moonlighted as a prostitute.”

“Shocker’s group headed to Allure the following week. Noelle Brumby was found dead two days later.” Andrea used sugar packets to provide a graphic representation of what she was saying. “And then Shocker was at Jaguar’s on Tuesday and Jillian Spires was found yesterday, so killed Wednesday night.”

Brandon stood. “Definitely fits. We need to get this to the sheriff’s office.”

* * *

SITTING IN OFFICER Kendrick’s office two hours later, Andrea back in one of her professional suits, Brandon could feel frustration pooling all around him. They weren’t going to get any help from the locals.

Kendrick had pretty much been ordered to let the case go and release it to the City of Phoenix homicide department. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department had neither the resources nor the manpower to continue the investigation.

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