The Yards by A. F. Carter

Author:A. F. Carter [Carter, A. F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Epub3
ISBN: 9781613162361
Amazon: B08W9YYPQR
Goodreads: 58177435
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Published: 2021-09-06T22:00:00+00:00

A small living room, a smaller kitchen, and two small bedrooms. As far as I can tell, there’s not a single new item in the apartment. From the dishes in the kitchen to the worn carpet on the floor to the battered nightstands flanking Richard’s bed. Every item might have been purchased thirdhand at a thrift shop. Call it motive. Vern points me to a brown shopping bag in Richard’s only bedroom closet. Illuminated by a small LED flashlight, the money inside the bag is clearly visible.

“You count it?”

“Yeah. Then I put it back. That’s where it was originally.”

“How much?”

“Seventeen thousand, three hundred. In twenties and fifties.”

Always choose the simplest explanation? Sometime during the night, one of the Gaitskills, probably Richard, left the office via the back door, where there are no security cameras. He found Bradley still on the nod and decided to steal the money. Did he also kill Bradley? Better yet, would he dare leave Bradley alive to seek restitution? He would if he happened to be in front of the CCTV monitor when Bradley escorted the woman into Cabin 909. If there was someone else to blame.

Vern leads me to the open window in Richard’s bedroom. Richard’s body lies on the ground, fifteen feet below.

“Most likely,” Vern explains, “he heard the shots that killed Felice and knew he’d be next. The window was the only way out.”

Richard must have hit the concrete alleyway hard. Hard enough to break a leg, which juts from his body at an impossible angle. Still, he managed to claw his way toward a fence at the back of the property. He was within five feet when the shooter caught up with him. Did they speak? Richard’s lying on his back, so he must have rolled over to face his killer. The bullet wound in Richard’s forehead mirrors the wound in his mother’s.

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