Small Sacrifices
“"From what she told us," Welch put in, "Lew was just a step removed from the second coming of the Messiah. She loves him. He loves her. His wife--Nora--is the villainess." Hugi wrote on the chalkboard: "Could Lew have shot the kids?" "Could Nora have shot the kids?" "Steve . . . ?" Beyond the phantom gunman, these were the likely suspects. The investigators would have to implicate or eliminate Lew or Nora or Steve. Could they pinpoint where they'd all been four nights earlier? Hugi and the detectives were batting at shadows until they had lab reports back on the casings, the guns, and the blood samples. The state police crime lab was swamped, and the investigators chafed at the delay.
Jim Pex had come up with something interesting already.
When he'd rolled the red Nissan out of the county shops into the sunlight, he'd seen what could only be detected in daylight. The rocker panel below the passenger door was flecked with a mist of dark red. Testing indicated that it was human blood. P...ex recognized it as high-velocity back-spatter, the pattern blood makes as it flies back from a wound toward the barrel of a gun and the hand of the shooter.MoreLess
Jim Pex had come up with something interesting already.
When he'd rolled the red Nissan out of the county shops into the sunlight, he'd seen what could only be detected in daylight. The rocker panel below the passenger door was flecked with a mist of dark red. Testing indicated that it was human blood. P...ex recognized it as high-velocity back-spatter, the pattern blood makes as it flies back from a wound toward the barrel of a gun and the hand of the shooter.MoreLess
Pryjmaty 5 years ago
I would love to give a review of the book; however, the book is incomplete. I couldn't read past the first chapter.Write Review:
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