Blind Alley
Chapter One
ONE
Calhoun, Georgia
Joe watched the body wrapped in a dark green tarp being carefully lifted from the grave by the forensic team.
"Thanks for coming, Quinn." Detective Christy Lollack was walking toward him. "I know it's not your case but I needed you. This is a weird one."
"What's weird about it?"
"Look at her." She moved toward the stretcher where the corpse had been placed. "The kids who found her nearly threw up."
He followed her and watched as she drew back the tarp.
There was no face. Only a skull remained. Yet from the neck down the cadaver was only slightly decayed and intact.
"It appears someone didn't want her identified." He looked down at her hands. "He bungled it. He should have taken the hands. We'll be able to get a fingerprint match right away. DNA ... read full excerpt from Blind Alley ebook
