Homicide! (Parker & Knight Book 2) by Wells Donald

Author:Wells, Donald [Wells, Donald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery, detective, police procedural, murder, crime, psychological, thriller
Published: 2014-04-27T04:00:00+00:00

7

That evening, Parker called Jo from his home and could hear the smile in her voice.

“You’ve found something?”

“Yes, your hunch was right. Timothy Hearn and Nico Umbria do know each other. On the night Umbria was arrested for the B&E, one Timothy Hearn was arrested for a DUI. They were cellmates until their lawyers appeared.”

“And now they’re possibly partners. If I hadn’t run into Hearn at Taggart’s I never would have thought of there being a connection, but I found his interest in buying the bar too coincidental. I think he hired Nico to harass the Taggarts into selling cheaply. Patrick Taggart told me that he would love to sell the bar, but he doesn’t own it, his grandfather does.”

“Do you think Hearn can lead us to Nico?”

“Not willingly, and right now all we have is conjecture.”

“Do you think he knew about Nico murdering Woolley?”

“I don’t know, but I think we can use what we know to lure Nico in, and once we have him, we’ll sweat him about the murder.”

“Maybe we’ll learn something useful when we meet with the old man tomorrow.”

“I am curious about why he wants to talk. I’ve always heard that he hated cops, a holdover from his days as a bootlegger.”

“Speaking of meetings, how did your meeting with Heather go today?”

“We had a very nice lunch, and, we grew a little closer I think.”

“I bet you’d like to get real close, hmm?”

“You have a dirty mind.”

“Like you don’t?”

“Guilty as charged,”

“Well, I hope things work out there. She and I spoke some while I was playing bartender, and I like the girl, she reminds me a bit of my daughter.”

“I forgot; you have a daughter her age, don’t you?”

“Yeah,”

Parker sighed.

“What’s the sigh for?”

“I’m too old for Heather.”

“Did she say that?”

“No.”

“Then go for it,”

“Yes ma’am,”

“Don’t call me ma’am; it makes me feel old.”

“Welcome to the club,”

***

The following morning they entered the study of the Taggart home and met Nathanial Taggart.

The man was little more than a shrunken bundle of wrinkled flesh until you looked into his eyes. Once your eyes met his, you knew that despite his advanced age that he was as sharp and aware as anyone.

When the old man’s eyes fell on Jo, his mouth opened in a nearly toothless grin.

“Young lady?”

Knight eyed him suspiciously. “Yes sir?”

“If I was fifty years younger I’d be all over you,” The old man looked up at his grandson. “You didn’t tell me the frail was a sweet piece of ass... and she’s just barely a Negro,”

Jo gave a little laugh.

“That’s insulting on so many levels that I don’t even know where to start.”

Parker stepped closer to the old man.

“What did you want to talk about?”

The old man spoke in between a series of gasps, his breathing obviously affected by his age.

“I didn’t want you cops involved... but since my grandson is spineless, you are involved... and since you are, what are you doing to... to stop this asshole Umbria?”

“For one thing, we suspect that someone is behind his actions, and we’ll be talking to that someone when we leave here.

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