How to Paint a Cat (Cats And Curios Mystery)
“Halfway across, however, he slowed and glanced around the space.
Visions of the crime scene photos ran through his head as he stared at Harvey Milk’s bronze bust. The man’s cheerful face was frozen in a smile, his flapping tie thrown back against his chest.
Hox turned to look out over the expansive rotunda and once more replayed the moments before the attack.
The vision wasn’t difficult to re-create. The rain now pouring down outside had darkened the windows that framed the rotunda’s upper walls. The time was nearing five o’clock, so City Hall had begun to empty out. And just like the night of the murder, the air was damp with fog, moisture so dense that you could almost taste it on your tongue.
Lastly, the reporter’s foot had begun its end-of-day throb, a reminder of the ache he’d endured the evening after he’d chased the albino alligator all over the city.
Hox ground the aching stub of his foot against the tip of his shoe. He envisioned the young intern crossing the pink marble floo...r at the bottom of the staircase.MoreLess
Visions of the crime scene photos ran through his head as he stared at Harvey Milk’s bronze bust. The man’s cheerful face was frozen in a smile, his flapping tie thrown back against his chest.
Hox turned to look out over the expansive rotunda and once more replayed the moments before the attack.
The vision wasn’t difficult to re-create. The rain now pouring down outside had darkened the windows that framed the rotunda’s upper walls. The time was nearing five o’clock, so City Hall had begun to empty out. And just like the night of the murder, the air was damp with fog, moisture so dense that you could almost taste it on your tongue.
Lastly, the reporter’s foot had begun its end-of-day throb, a reminder of the ache he’d endured the evening after he’d chased the albino alligator all over the city.
Hox ground the aching stub of his foot against the tip of his shoe. He envisioned the young intern crossing the pink marble floo...r at the bottom of the staircase.MoreLess
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