Prologue
Smoke billowed from the warehouse and flames licked the metal…
Chapter 1
He didn’t have to look inside the room to know…
Chapter 2
The sleek silver Porsche slid neatly into the lone space…
Chapter 3
“Who are you?”
Chapter 4
A knock sounded at the study door. Kell rose immediately…
Chapter 5
Luke strolled into the sheriff’s office, whistling a nameless tune.
Chapter 6
Hallden felt almost deserted in the deepening shadows. Storefronts posted…
Chapter 7
“I think you have a vivid imagination, Sheriff,” Kell replied…
Chapter 8
In the hallway beyond Kell’s room, a shadow lengthened and…
Chapter 9
As he expected, Cheryl and her team found no trace…
Chapter 10
“Autopsy’s back, Sheriff.” Cheryl halted in Luke’s doorway, folder in…
Chapter 11
“It’s good to see you again, Kell.”
Chapter 12
He caught her at the door, his hand snagging her…
Chapter 13
In the library, Kell flopped across the settee, bare feet…
Chapter 14
White blossomed magnolias and cheery songbirds avoided the Red District…
Chapter 15
Luke and Kell sat on a sagging flowered couch whose…
Chapter 16
Kell knocked on the office door the next morning. Luke…
Chapter 17
Luke hung up the phone and hissed out a breath.
Chapter 18
Ivy climbed white railings and tangled with vines of honeysuckle.
Chapter 19
“Soon,” Luke threatened lightly, deciding not to push. For now.
Chapter 20
The tableau as they entered the kitchen told Luke the…
Chapter 21
In the family room, the inhabitants of the Faraday Center…
Chapter 22
Officer Potter showed Kell into the waiting room with efficient…
Chapter 23
For a Saturday morning, the Hallden County Courthouse was packed.
Chapter 24
Luke scanned the crime lab report a third time, absorbing…
Chapter 25
“I’m doing my best.” The admission emerged on a ragged…
Chapter 26
Outside, slate gray clouds dimmed the endless sunlight. As they…
Chapter 27
“I want Doc Reed and Tony Delgado here in twenty…
Chapter 28
On Monday morning, Jorden answered the door at the Center.
Chapter 29
Caleb Matthews approached the witness with a single sheet of…
Chapter 30
“He was afraid for me, Luke. He gave me this…