Walking Shadows by Faye Kellerman

Author:Faye Kellerman
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2018-08-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

“They enter the lobby . . . you can see them walking up the steps, heads down wearing hoodies,” Radar said. “They step out of the range of the camera, but we see the door to the building opening and a set of shoes walking inside.”

“How’d they get the door open?” McAdams said.

“No idea. It’s out of the camera’s range.”

“Can you go back a few frames?” When Radar complied, McAdams said, “What’s this guy carrying up the steps? It looks larger than a briefcase.”

Decker said, “Some kind of man purse. Big enough for a laptop.”

The two figures disappeared out of range. Radar ejected the security disc. “Now this one is from the camera inside the lobby.” He put on another disc. “As soon as they walk through the door, one of them heads toward the back where the elevator is. He’s the bigger of the two guys.”

“He’s also the one with the man purse,” McAdams said.

“He is,” Radar said. “The thinner guy puts his hand over the lobby camera lens for around twenty minutes. The film goes dark. I’ll fast-forward through that.” A pause. “Okay. Here we go. They’re now leaving, walking with their backs to the camera.”

“And fatter guy is carrying the man purse, where the Levine files were stashed.”

“Probably.” Radar paused the machine. “Baccus said she hasn’t seen anyone stalking her house before.”

“I wasn’t looking,” she said. “I should have been more vigilant, but I think I would have noticed two guys loitering around.”

“Any strange cars?” Decker asked.

Lennie shrugged then shook her head. “There are always cars parked outside the building. I honestly didn’t notice. Stupid.”

“Don’t beat yourself up over it,” Decker said. “I’m sure you’ll see things now that you’ve never seen before.”

“That’s for sure.”

Decker turned to Radar. “Could you play the second disc again, but on slo-mo?”

“What are you looking for?”

“I’ll let you know if I see it.”

The group once again witnessed the disc frame by frame. Decker said, “Stop. Right there. Okay. The guys obviously didn’t want to be recognized: hoods over their heads, long sleeves, long pants. But look here at the heavier-set dude. When he raises his hand to adjust carrying the man purse, his sleeve rides up. Could you advance it a frame?”

Radar complied.

“Another one. Another. Another. Okay. Stop.” Decker pointed to the monitor. “His wrist and a third of his forearm is showing. That blotch on his skin. I think it’s a tattoo.”

“You’re right,” Lennie said.

“Every single criminal between the ages of three and three hundred has a tattoo,” McAdams said.

“And each one is a little different,” Decker said. “You work with what you have. We should get it enhanced to get some detail out of it.”

“I’ll get it to a lab,” Radar said.

Lennie was squinting at the screen. McAdams said, “What are you staring at?”

“You can see the back of the thin guy’s hand in this frame . . . before he raises his hand and covers the lens . . .”

“And?”

“For some reason, to me it doesn’t look like the hand of a young person.

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