We Were Killers Once by Becky Masterman

Author:Becky Masterman [Masterman, Becky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Thriller, Mystery
ISBN: 9781250074522
Google: V6vTugEACAAJ
Amazon: B07J4NRMJ6
Barnesnoble: B07J4NRMJ6
Goodreads: 41150478
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2019-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

Thirty–one

They didn’t have everything that I needed at Home Depot, so I ordered the rest online and had it shipped two-day. I also made an appointment with a company that could replace the windows in the back of the house with unbreakable ones.

Because I had my contacts but no control over priority, it also took that long to get a callback from David Weiss. Weiss was a forensic psychologist who would retire from the profiling division of the FBI in another year or so. We had those nicknames for each other that can only develop when you’ve known another person for decades. He called me Stinger.

“Hey, Sigmund,” I said.

Turns out it was a clean print, and it wasn’t Gloria Bentham’s.

“I was able to have the print you sent me run against IAFIS,” he said without preamble, how’s life and all that. That’s how Weiss is, not high on the emotional intelligence spectrum.

“Anything interesting?”

“It matches to the booking print of a Jeremiah Beaufort. Precisely three bookings, as a matter of fact. He was one of those poor shmucks who were part of the Three Strikes and Life deal that Clinton signed during the war on drugs.”

“So what’s he doing out of prison?”

“That new thing they were doing for nonviolent criminals with overlong sentences. He was commuted and released.”

“Are you able to track him to Tucson?”

“His current whereabouts are undetermined. All I can say is that he was released a little more than three months ago from Mississippi State Correctional Facility. I did a superficial check on him and find him operating under the radar, no record of him buying a plane ticket or anything big. No car. Not even a credit card. Which makes one wonder what he’s doing that he doesn’t want to be found. Now tell me. What kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into this time, my old buddy? And what will you do for intel after I retire?”

“Where was he charged those three times?”

“Let’s see. We got one in Mississippi … the first two were in Florida. So he was operating in the Southeast. I realize you worked for the Florida Bureau office for a while, but you were never involved in drug trafficking investigations. And he doesn’t seem worth your time. He’s a very petty criminal, nothing violent. Seriously, Stinger, what do you have to do with this man?”

“I don’t know. I only know he’s now in Tucson, living somewhere within walking distance of our house. He made casual contact with Carlo first, and has been working himself into our favor like a regular con artist. I questioned my instincts at first, but with what you’ve said about him I don’t think his showing up is a coincidence, or that he’s just your garden variety con. Stuff has happened, a burglary, what may have been attempted murder.”

“Murder. Who?”

“I think he’s after me. I just have to find out why. Where in Florida was he picked up?”

“Hm, offshore between Tampa and Sarasota. That was the second time in Florida.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.