The Silent Bride by Glass Leslie

Author:Glass, Leslie [Glass, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Detective, Police Procedural, Mystery & Detective, Fiction - Mystery, New York (N.Y.), Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths, Policewomen, Fiction, Woo, Mystery fiction, April (Fictitious character), Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural, General, Women Sleuths, Mystery, Chinese American women, Suspense, Police - New York (State) - New York, Mystery & Detective - Series, Snipers
ISBN: 9780451410375
Publisher: Onyx
Published: 2010-10-20T05:00:00+00:00

Twenty-seven

April and Inspector Bellaqua and her driver were waiting for Wendy outside her building in the inspector's unmarked four-by-four when she got home. Mike and his partner were off the radar screen somewhere in Brooklyn when Wendy strode up the block at nine-oh-five. The two cops slowly got out of the car. The driver stayed put.

"Oh, Sergeant Woo." Wendy flashed April an uneasy smile from her higher vantage point of natural height plus spike heels.

"You know Inspector Bellaqua," April said.

"Hello," she said, looking down on her, too. "What can I do for you?"

"We'd like to come inside and ask you a few questions," Poppy told her.

Wendy hesitated, glanced in both directions, then nodded. "Okay, I understand. Come inside, of course. Maybe you'd like a drink."

Maybe not. It looked like she'd already had a few. The three women went up in the elevator without exchanging another word. When they got to Wendy's floor, she unlocked her apartment and switched on the light. The place was neat and didn't look as if it had been gone over a few hours ago. If Wendy had any sense that her apartment had been searched while she was out, she didn't show it. She dropped her purse and briefcase on her dining/conference table, then moved purposefully across the living room to the window.

Bellaqua didn't react, but April's heart raced. Several years ago during an arrest, a female homicide suspect like this one—much larger than herself—had jumped out of a window and tried to pull April out with her. She'd hung on as long as she could before the woman finally twisted out of her grasp and fell four stories. The resulting broken legs did not prevent a jury from convicting her of the two stabbing murders she'd committed.

"Hold it right there," April barked.

Wendy stopped and raised her hands. "Okay, no problem. Don't get jumpy on me, ladies."

Bellaqua moved forward and grabbed the gauzy curtains. Nothing but an air conditioner behind them.

"Okay if I turn it on?" Wendy asked.

"Okay." April relaxed, but only a little.

"What's your problem?" The sheers billowed out in icy air and Wendy gave them a disgusted look as the room cooled. Then she sat on her beige sofa, crossing her excellent legs. "Your reaction is upsetting me."

Bellaqua's eyes swept the living room as if the search there might have missed something, nodding at April to take the lead. April pulled out her Rosario and read Wendy's words from her notes.

"The key to your business is planning. You orchestrate everything from beginning to end," she said.

"It's my living. I'm good at it." Wendy swung one long leg over the other and bobbed her foot. "I've already told both you and Sergeant Hollis everything I know. I gave him my statement."

"Well, you'd better start over, Miss Lotte," April told her breezily. "You left out a few things."

"Look, I answered all your questions. You can call me Wendy. Everyone else does," Wendy said calmly. She checked her manicure, as if unconcerned about what was coming.

"Wendy, I want to level with you.

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