Red Mist by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Author:Patricia Daniels Cornwell [Cornwell, Patricia Daniels]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Thrillers, Suspense, Crime, Mystery & Detective, Pathology, Kay Scarpetta, Forensics, Women Sleuths
ISBN: 9780425250433
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2012-09-04T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Nineteen
Colin Dengate shifts his old Land Rover into fourth gear, and the big engine roars as if itâs ravenous. We speed along a narrow strip of pavement hidden by impenetrable woods, the road bending sharply through shaded pines and straightening out into an open flat terrain of apartment buildings and blazing sun, the Coastal Regional Crime Laboratory as hidden from civilization as the Bat Cave.
Hot wind buffets the olive-green canvas roof, making a loud drumming sound as Colin passes along information that is suspiciously detailed when one considers that Kathleen Lawler was alone the final hours of her life. While other inmates might have heard her, they couldnât see her when she died inside her cell, most likely from a heart attack, Officer M. P. Macon suggested to Investigator Sammy Chang before Chang could get there. By the time Chang was called, the prison had Kathleenâs death figured out, one of those sad random events probably related to Lowcountry summer weather. Heat stroke. A heart attack. High cholesterol. Kathleen never had taken care of herself worth shit, Chang was told.
According to Officer Macon, Kathleen reported nothing unusual earlier in the day, wasnât ill or out of sorts when her breakfast tray of powdered eggs, grits, white toast, an orange, and a half pint of milk was passed through the drawer of her cell door at five-forty a.m. In fact, she seemed cheerful and chatty, reported the corrections officer who delivered her meal and later was questioned by Officer Macon.
âHe told Sammy that she was asking what it would take to get a Texas omelet with hash browns. She was joking around,â Colin says. âApparently of late sheâd become more obsessed than usual with food, and itâs Sammyâs impression from whatâs been said to him that she might have been assuming she wasnât going to be at the GPFW much longer. Maybe she was fantasizing about her favorite things to eat because she was anticipating having whatever she wanted, and Iâve seen this syndrome before. People block out what theyâve been deprived of until they believe itâs within their reach. Then thatâs all they think about. Food. Sex. Alcohol. Drugs.â
âProbably all of the above, in her case,â Marinoâs loud voice sounds from the backseat.
âI think Kathleen was under the impression a deal was in the works if she was cooperative,â I say to Colin, as I write a text-message to Benton. âHer sentence was going to be reduced and she was on her way back to the free world.â
I explain to Benton that he and Lucy might not be able to reach us when they land in Savannah, that Iâm on my way to a death scene, and I tell him whose. I ask him to let me know as soon as possible if there is anything new with Dawn Kincaid and her alleged asthma attack.
âHas anyone bothered to mention to Jaime Berger that she has shit for clout with prosecutors and judges around here?â Colin looks in the rearview mirror, directing this to Marino.
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