The Jury Series by Lee Goldberg

Author:Lee Goldberg
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Tags: Thriller
ISBN: 9781461083917
Published: 2011-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Luck didn't seem to be on Mort Suderson's side Friday night. His windbreaker wouldn't zip up, and there was no dry place to squat on the roof of the building across from Orlock's warehouse.

Sitting on the roof was like wading in a stagnant pond. A vast puddle of rainwater stretched across the roof, reaching into all the corners that afforded the best view of the street below. There was no way around it. Mort had to get wet. His socks were soaked sponges inside his wet tennis shoes and made his feet feel like solid blocks of ice.

Mort sniffled and wiped his nose with the back of his hand. He cursed himself for not bringing his heavy Levi's jacket. He squatted in the far left-hand corner of the warehouse roofline, two stories above the street, Orlock's warehouse in front of him, an alley to his left. The last, dimming rays of the sun gave the greenish haze above the city a sickly glow. It reminded Mort that the poison air didn't disappear at night—it simply hid in the darkness.

He glanced at his watch. It was 6:30 p.m. Perfect, he thought. He wanted to settle in early.

The gun felt snug against him in his LAPD-issue shoulder holster, and the Canon AE-1 hung around his neck. With nothing else to do, he decided to play with the camera. He sighted Orlock's warehouse through the viewfinder, adjusting the zoom lens. If he wanted to, he knew he could snap clear pictures of the bolts on the steel warehouse door.

This is going to be easy, Mort thought.

He aimed the camera at the moon, playfully thinking he'd take a few pictures of craters.

Mort heard something splash in the water behind him. He lowered the camera and jerked his head around. His eyes caught the flash of steel an instant too late. The wrench slammed into the side of his head, and a blinding burst of intense pain consumed him. In the fraction of a second before darkness swallowed his thoughts, Mort realized he should have guessed there would be others who wanted to settle in early.

Tice wiped the blood off the wrench with a white handkerchief and slipped them both into the pocket of his overcoat. He examined his black-gloved hands to see if any blood had splattered them. They were clean. His thin lips stretched into a self-satisfied grin as he casually glanced down at Mort, who lay at his feet wide-eyed but unseeing, tiny rivulets of blood crawling down his cheek.

Tice lifted Mort by the armpits and dragged him through the water to the building's edge. Then, with the heel of his black shoe, he pushed Mort over the edge with a sharp kick.

Mort's body fell silently, landing in the trash bin in the alley below with a dull thud.

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