THE NEXT VICTIM
Chapter One
The call came a little after two in the morning and pulled Erling
from a particularly pleasant dream. As a homicide detective
with the Pima County Sheriff's Department, he was used to being
awakened at odd hours, but engaging his brain was always a
struggle. He remained blurry eyed, clinging to the remnants of
sleep, until the dispatcher read off the address of the crime
scene-one that was painfully etched in Erling's memory.
Instantly, he was fully alert.
His pulse quickened and an involuntary cry escaped from his
lips, waking Deena, who had long ago learned to sleep through
the intrusion of middle-of-the-night calls. She shot him an inquiring
look, which he pretended not to see.
"Sorry, honey," he said. "I've got to go."
"What is it?"
"Just work."
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