Whisper in the Dark (A Thriller)
“He overextended himself sometimes, sure, tended to wear himself out, but they’d never known him to suffer any significant lapses of judgment.Until now, Carmody thought.But if you’re going to suffer a lapse, you might as well do it on a grand scale. And Tolan had certainly managed that.Why, she wondered, had he made up such an elaborate story?He had to know he’d be caught.Carmody had always thought of him as a direct, no-nonsense kind of guy. So why the hoax? Was Frank right? Was this simply Tolan’s roundabout way of unburdening himself of a year’s worth of guilt?It was, after all, the anniversary of his wife’s murder. Had the significance of the day shaken something loose?As she questioned the EDU staff, the defaced snapshots of Abby Tolan kept playing like a slide show in her mind. She wasn’t entirely convinced of Frank’s theory, but those photos had certainly lent credence to it.The symbolism was clear.A “good guy” doesn’t cut his wife’s eyeballs out.So maybe Frank’s instincts were ...correct.One thing Carmody had learned about Frank Blackburn, in the short time they were partnered up, was that despite his unrelenting, annoying demeanor, his instincts had always been pretty accurate.MoreLess
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