The Cruelest Cut (Thriller) by Rick Reed

Author:Rick Reed
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Serial Murderers, Police, Mystery & Detective, Crime, Fiction, Suspense, Thrillers, Serial Murder Investigation, General, Suspense Fiction
ISBN: 9780786024834
Publisher: Pinnacle
Published: 2010-10-31T11:00:00+00:00

Jack entered the restaurant kitchen and found Jake Brady doing something at the stove, his back to him. Besides being his partner in Two-Jakes, Brady had been in Jack’s life so long that he was like a second father. At sixty-eight years old, he was as strong as Liddell and a little taller, with thick arms covered in coarse red hair.

Brady was mumbling something, or maybe humming, or even singing; it was hard for Jack to tell the difference sometimes because of Brady’s gruff voice. He started forward, but a wave of vertigo overtook him, and he held on to the wall behind him.

His hands shook, and his head felt like his skull would split. He closed his eyes to block out the pain and gasped when he saw something shiny flashing toward him. He flinched and felt the bite of the blade cut through his face and neck and deep into his chest. He opened his eyes, and it was gone—the pain in his head, the dizziness, the burning in his neck and chest. He looked up to see Jake Brady staring at him with concern in his eyes.

“What is it, son?” Brady said.

“It’s nothing, old man,” Jack said and tried to smile. “I just realized how hungry I am.”

“Well, you looked like you was going to faint,” Brady said, still staring at him. “Old man, my ass,” he grumbled, then said, “I’ll fix you something up. What do you want?” He turned back to the huge stove and pulled a skillet down from overhead.

Jack’s hands started shaking, and he stuck them in his pockets.

“You’re creeping me out, Jack,” Brady said without turning around.

“Sorry. I guess I’m just not hungry.”

“Well, you gotta eat. So bacon and eggs then,” Brady said and began cracking eggs into a bowl. “How about the others?” He nodded in the direction of the war room.

Jack braced himself with the wall and opened the door. “I’ll go ask, but you can probably just make a heap of everything. Liddell will clean up any leftovers.”

Brady laughed. He was well aware of the big man’s appetite. He tossed two pounds of bacon on the griddle.

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