The Fall Moon (A Dead Cold Mystery Book 17) by Blake Banner

Author:Blake Banner [Banner, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-15T22:00:00+00:00

SIXTEEN

There followed a very stressful hour during which Dehan didn’t so much brief Brad and his two agents as lecture them on Julio Camacho, the Chupacabras and how dangerous the Sinaloa cartel was. At least three times, Brad stopped her. The last time, he said, “Detective Dehan, we live with the Sinaloa on our doorstep. We know better than anybody what they are like. We don’t need a lecture on how dangerous they are. Please confine yourself to the facts.”

By the time we had finished, the facts proved to be precious few. Brad looked at Angel, Randy and D.C. in turn and said, “So in fact, we know little more than when the New York field office contacted us yesterday. We know the location, we know it’s a shipment and we know that it will arrive by air with a Sicario. We don’t know how many men we are up against, we don’t know what the shipment is or how big it is, we don’t know what time it’s arriving or if the aircraft will touch down at the ranch.”

I saw Dehan’s cheeks color. “That intel was the product of last minute improvising in a high risk situation while we were investigating a murder. I’m sorry if it doesn’t meet your usual standards…”

“Detective Dehan!”

She stopped.

“Nobody is criticizing the intelligence, or the gathering of it. We all believe you did exceptional work. We are just assessing the risks.” He turned to Angel. “We don’t know how many men we are up against, so we will need maximum firepower. We must also have backup available, and air cover if necessary. Get onto that. We are on the clock. Randy, we need intel on aircraft coming into that area. We have taps on phones courtesy of Detective Dehan and Detective Stone, but let’s see what else we can get at the ranch.” Angel and Randy left.

Dehan drew breath, but I spoke before she could dig herself any deeper.

“Brad, we are both exhausted from driving, not just from Iowa, but a couple of days before that from New York to Vinton, too. We would appreciate a few hours rest. Meantime I, personally, would be really very grateful to you if you would consider a request?”

He knew what I was doing and smiled. “What’s your request, John?”

“Detective Dehan and I both have experience with Julio and Feliciano Camacho going back many years. We have a…” I spread my hands. “A feel for them. Would you consider allowing us to come along as observers? In the event of something unexpected, we might be able to anticipate Julio’s behavior better than most people, just because we know him so well.”

He thought about it a moment, then smiled at Dehan, who didn’t smile back. “You could learn something from your partner, Detective Dehan.” He sighed. “Let me give it some thought. I’ll let you know. But I need to make this point. We are tight, and we have good rapport. There is no room for ego-tripping in this team.

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