You Can't Hide
Chapter One
Sunday, March 12, 12:30 A.M.
Normally a suicide drew a bigger crowd, even in a high-priced
neighborhood like this one, Detective Aidan Reagan thought grimly as
he slammed his car door and flinched at the bite of the cold air
blowing in from the lake. But most people with any sense were inside
on a night like this. Aidan couldn't afford the luxury. Dispatch
called and he and his partner were next in the barrel. For a damn
suicide.
This was a distraction from the child homicide he'd spent the last
two days working. He hated child homicides but he thought he might
hate suicides just a little bit more. He could only hope he could
get this jumper off his desk quickly so he could focus on finding
who'd broken a six-year-old's neck like a dry twig.
The people who watched from the curb appeared to be
twenty-somethings coming home from a night on the town. They waited
silently, eyes fastened to the scene with a morbid mixture of
horror, fascination, and sympathy. The horror Aidan understood. No
body was a pretty sight, but a plunge twenty-two stories was a step
beyond generic gruesomeness. ... read full excerpt from: You Can't Hide ebook
