Ice Cold (33 page)
Authors: Tess Gerritsen
Tags: #Suspense, #Mystery & Detective, #Women Sleuths, #Fiction, #Detective and mystery stories; American, #Thrillers, #Winter storms, #Medical examiners (Law), #Wyoming, #Rizzoli; Jane; Detective (Fictitious character), #Abandoned houses, #Isles; Maura (Fictitious character), #Policewomen, #Women forensic pathologists, #Suspense fiction; American
Jane squeezes her hands into fists, breathes hard.
JANE (CONT’D)
Is he out? Is the Surgeon out?
MAURA
Oh my God. Korsak?
KORSAK
No. He’s not out. It’s his M.O. that’s all.
MAURA
Why didn’t you warn us? Warn Jane at least.
KORSAK
I needed your unbiased assessment. It looks like Hoyt, right?
JANE
Korsak –
The air is thick with what each is biting back.
JANE (CONT’D)
We put that son of a bitch behind bars. How is this possible?
KORSAK
It’s not. I checked with prison authorities: he’s in lockdown.
Jane TRADES a LOOK with Maura. Walks to the victim. CLOSE ON red circular marks on the corpse’s skin. She GASPS.
JANE
These are stun gun marks. Like Hoyt’s victims.
KORSAK
Any sick perp could do this if he watched TV news or read a paper.
We’ve got a copycat.
JANE
We didn’t release this detail. Hoyt’s trained an Apprentice.
