The Edge
““I can only tell you, Cotter, that someone hit Charlie Duck over the head and he died shortly after he managed to crawl over to Doc Lambert’s house.”“You’ve got no clues? Nothing?”“I’ll just tell you that it’s the damnedest thing, this murder of a harmless old man. It’s not like this is Salem or Portland, for God’s sake. This is Edgerton, small-town USA. I don’t know if a murder has ever happened here before, but someone killed Charlie Duck and then ransacked his house.”I came into the waiting ...room to see the sheriff speaking to a young man I’d never seen before. He was about my age, on the short side, built like a bull—obviously a weightlifter—with a manner and look that were dangerous. Strange that a guy would think that, but it was true. I disliked him on sight.“Cotter Tarcher,” the man said and nodded to me. “You’re Jilly’s brother?”“That’s right. Ford MacDougal. And you’re Cal’s brother?”“Yes. I forgot you met Cal. She went over to Paul’s house and caught all of you there.MoreLess
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