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“Shoot,” I said, sitting down
I looked at the ue photos of the dead woman, and she was as Claire had described White Forty Caramel-colored hair, well-nourished Lacerations and abrasions on her legs fro been clipped by a car And she had a round bruise, the size of a half-dollar, on her left buttock
Claire said, “What I learned frole, in private practice as a family lawyer Her sister told the police that Lois was a workaholic, had social anxiety and a few cats That’s the worst that could be said of her”
“No enemies?”
“According to the sister, Lois was a peacemaker No one threatened or stalked her She was on vacation and had no friends here It was a solo trip, a week-long change-of-scene type vacation”
“So what killed her?”
Claire went on “Like I told you, I put a rush on the tox screen,” she said, “and no drugs were found in her body But you know, Lindsay, there are drugs that leave the syste specifically for that drug, you may not find a trace of it I can’t put on the death certificate that I’ue was murdered, but in my opinion, it’s the only possible cause of death
“Reo? Presuue photos of Anthony George, cabdriver, white, fifty-five years old, probable cause of death cardiac arrest Dr G did the post,
and the heart was healthy, but no one insisted on further investigation, and the puncture mark just seemed irrelevant Look at the death certificate Here Manner of death: ‘Undetermined’”
Claire opened a second folder, took out a photo of the hind section of Mr George, the dead cabdriver, and placed it beside a ue’s derriere
The puncture wounds and bruises looked the same, and both were located in an aard place for a person to inject themselves
“So that’s two dead people, possibly killed the same way and with no known relationship to each other,” said Claire “I’uess and say that so spree And that victiue near us real soon”
My phone vibrated and buzzed
It was Conklin
He said, “Clapper just called The divers pulled soe fire extinguisher with the ends blown off Clapper says it may be what’s left of the bomb”