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“Uh-huh Talk”

He could tell by her no-nonsense tone he was now addressing Sgt Sherry Newsome of the Denver Police Department

“I’ve got an UNSUB believed to have killed a wo another I’ll upload the case file to you as soon as I get to my hotel I need to know if his pattern fits any open cases in Colorado, Nebraska or Wyo”

“Shit, you’re not asking for much, are you?”

“Do I ever?”

“Only every da with the locals on this?”

“There’s an evening at Silvio’s in it for you and the puppy collector”

“Daet me fired one of these days”

He shrugged “Hey, what are friends for?”

“Technically, you’re Carl’s best friend, not mine But I’ll see what I can come up with”

“Thanks, Sherry, I owe you”

“Believetally”

Jake clicked off as he pulled onto the highway The killer could have left the door hanger when he’d rued around the house But if that was the case, why break the stained-glass front door?

Could the killer have been there during the store point in the drive, Jake had kept visual contact of Claire through the s but couldn’t see the kitchen door

It all came down to the phone and flash drive What the fuck was Burlington hiding? Time to find out He pushed the phone’s voice-activation button