Authors: Carol Marlene Smith
Death and Deceit (33 page)
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Sergeant Harrison pulled the cruiser to the curb. He and Roy exited the vehicle and walked towards the apartment building on Oak Arms Drive. Roy’s mind was not on the case at the moment, at least not on who killed Benjamin James. He was more worried about where Benjamin James’s daughter was.
Before they reached the building, Harrison got a call. It was Jones, and he was at the scene of an accident requesting back up. Roy almost flipped when he heard the description of the vehicle.
“That sounds like Blaine’s car,” he said, panic in his voice that Harrison detected quickly.
“It sounds like a car like Blaine’s, you mean,” he corrected his officer. “Archer, are you gonna be any good to me tonight, or should I just send you off duty?”
“Sorry, Sarge, but it —”
“It could be any car. Let’s go.”
They didn’t have far to drive, as just ahead and around the bend was their official destination. Roy was out of the car before Harrison turned off the motor, and he was ready to speed down the bank when Harrison shouted, “Stop right there.”
Roy halted and turned on his heel to wait for his boss. Harrison caught up with him. “Stop acting like a disturbed spectator,” Harrison growled. “We’ll wait here for Jones. Meanwhile, take a walk about and check out the footprints.”
Roy shone his flashlight about, making arcs in the snow. “They’re all mussed. It’s hard to figure out how many.”
“Then you’ve got a challenge, haven’t you?”
Jones climbed the bank and briefed the others, telling them no one was in the car, but he checked the glove compartment and found Blaine’s vehicle permit and insurance card.
Harrison looked at Roy. “She’s all right,” he said in a fatherly tone.
Roy wasn’t so sure. “She could be out there in the shrubbery somewhere crawling around or worse.”
“I’ve checked the immediate area, Sarge,” Jones stated.
“How many sets of footprints went up and down this bank, Jones?”
Jones was taken aback. He’d been in such a hurry to check out the vehicle he hadn’t noticed. “I…I’m not sure.” He shone his flashlight through the air and onto the ground where the footprints were, as if to make up for his shortcoming.
Harrison stood quietly thinking, while Jones and Archer watched him, like trained dogs waiting for their commands.
About the Author
Death and Deceit
was originally c
alled Heart O
n The Line, basically because of the e mail threats and the then emerging era of the Internet. But it didn’t really make sense unless I had changed it to Heart Online, which wasn’t what I wanted to call it either. So recently I changed the title to
Death and Deceit
because that is what the novel is about.
This novel is set in fictional Nova Scotia towns. Please download a sample of
Angel’s Blessing
and
Heart of Winter
if you enjoy romance. Another murder mystery that you might enjoy is
Who Wants to Murder a Millionaire
?
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