Toxic Prey by John Sandford

Author:John Sandford [Sandford, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Thriller, Crime
ISBN: 9780593714492
Google: 6ZfLEAAAQBAJ
Amazon: 0593714490
Barnesnoble: 0593714490
Goodreads: 192761553
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 2024-04-09T05:00:00+00:00

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Wright was leaning against the patrol car when they got back to it, and asked, “How did the secret phone call go?”

He was smiling, big square white teeth, but didn’t seem especially happy.

Letty: “Listen, Jerry, I don’t want to ask you to do this without knowing the problem—but you can’t tell anyone. If you do, you could create a panic. This is a top-secret situation…”

“Aliens?”

Hawkins frowned: “Why would you think that?”

“Because this is New Mexico,” Wright said. “You know about Roswell?”

Hawkins: “Yes, but…No, this is not about aliens. A disturbed individual—an Englishman—may have contrived to create a hybrid virus. He may have combined a very infectious measles virus with one of the deadliest viruses known, much, much, much worse than Covid. His intention is to kill off most of the world’s population to save the world from global warming and other population effects.”

Wright didn’t respond for a moment, then said, “That sounds crazier than aliens.”

Letty nodded: “Yes. If that’s a grave back there, it’s possible that there are some infectious bodies inside of it. A team from Fort Detrick will be excavating the area tomorrow. Detrick is where the Army does germ warfare research.”

“What if there are no bodies? If it’s just a soft spot?”

“That’d be a good thing,” Hawkins said. “Though we’d still need to know what Scott was doing in Lamy.”

Wright said, “What you really need is to have somebody with a gun sitting in Cross’s driveway overnight to make sure nobody gets curious about what we were doing there and goes sneaking around.”

Letty nodded: “Yes.”

“So I’ll run you to the airport in Santa Fe, talk to my dispatcher, and then get back here and sit,” Wright said.

“We’ll try to get you some relief during the night,” Letty said. “Don’t tell your relief what we told you. Just tell him to sit.”

“Don’t worry about a relief,” Wright said. “I’ll grab some cheese crackers and coffee and get back here. I’ve slept in my car before. I’ll wait until your team gets here.”

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