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Authors: William Link
Troy hesitantly reached out for the book and Columbo handed it to him. He looked at the block of page edges, but said nothing.
“Take a look at the title,” Columbo said, punching in an extension on his phone.
Troy did.
The California Penal Code.
He looked up at Columbo, his face a grim mask now.
“You’ll have plenty of time to read it after you’re sent up for twenty years for Murder One.” He said to the receiver when someone picked up: “Come on in, Pagano. I want you to make the arrest.”
Troy flung the heavy book back on the desk.
“Now your sexy, ruthless cousin will get all of your uncle’s fortune,” Columbo added.
“The little bitch,” he mumbled.
“She knew you did it, Mr. Pellingham, but she didn’t have our expert lab.”
“Or you,” he said bitterly.
Columbo shrugged with his usual modesty. “Or me.”
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