Cold Cruel Winter (2011)
“It was Josh who spoke first.
‘How do you know?’ he asked.
‘Wyatt said his book will be in four volumes. That’s four victims.’ ‘I know,’ Josh replied. ‘I heard you two talking.’ ‘You weren’t supposed to,’ Nottingham chided him, then softened. ‘But I’d have been disappointed in you if you didn’t.’ He held up one finger. ‘He’s already killed Graves, the man he stole from.’ A second finger joined the first. ‘He has Rushworth, unless we’re lucky enough to drag him back alive.’ The third finger. ‘Jud...ge Dobbs, who sentenced him to transportation.’ Then the last finger, pointing at himself. ‘Richard Nottingham. I was with the old Constable who arrested him, and the old Constable is dead.’ ‘So what are we going to do, boss?’ Sedgwick wondered seriously.
Nottingham reached into his greatcoat where it hung on the hook and produced the knives.
‘We’re going to be prepared,’ he announced. ‘He’s set us the challenge, and I’m damned if I’ll let him win it.MoreLess
‘How do you know?’ he asked.
‘Wyatt said his book will be in four volumes. That’s four victims.’ ‘I know,’ Josh replied. ‘I heard you two talking.’ ‘You weren’t supposed to,’ Nottingham chided him, then softened. ‘But I’d have been disappointed in you if you didn’t.’ He held up one finger. ‘He’s already killed Graves, the man he stole from.’ A second finger joined the first. ‘He has Rushworth, unless we’re lucky enough to drag him back alive.’ The third finger. ‘Jud...ge Dobbs, who sentenced him to transportation.’ Then the last finger, pointing at himself. ‘Richard Nottingham. I was with the old Constable who arrested him, and the old Constable is dead.’ ‘So what are we going to do, boss?’ Sedgwick wondered seriously.
Nottingham reached into his greatcoat where it hung on the hook and produced the knives.
‘We’re going to be prepared,’ he announced. ‘He’s set us the challenge, and I’m damned if I’ll let him win it.MoreLess
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