From a nearby Chinese restaurant, a tempting aroma laced the air.
Even over murder.
The cops generally knew Craig; he was polite to all of them. They nodded an acknowledgement to Kieran. She’d worked with the police often enough herself.
“Is Detective McBride going to be on the case?” Kieran asked hopefully. They’d worked with Larry McBride before, not even a year ago, and he had been an amazing ally.
Drs. Fuller and Miro worked with city detectives regularly, and—nine out of ten—they were great. Every once in a while, as in any job, there was a total jerk in the mix. Mainly they were professionals, and good at their work, and Kieran knew it. Some were more personable than others. Homicide detectives could be very cut and dried. McBride had told her once that homicide, while horrible, was also easier than dealing with other crimes. The victims couldn’t complain about the way he was working. Of course, the victims had relatives. That was hard.
She had come to really like McBride.
In this case, a baby was involved. A woman had died trying to save that baby, Kieran was certain. So she felt they needed the best.
Craig looked at her quizzically. “You know that that there are thousands of detectives in the city, a decent percentage of that in homicide—and even a decent percentage in Major Case.”
“Actually, when you break it all down…”
“I don’t know who will be working the case—probably more than one detective. For right now, it is Lance Kendall. And he’s all right, Kieran. He’s good. He was doing all the right things,” he added quietly. He looked as if he was going to say something more. He didn’t.
He took her hand in his. She held on, letting the warmth of his touch comfort her as they walked down the street.
“Hey, remember, I’m an agent, and you work with psychiatrists who spend most of their time on criminal files. It’s the life we’ve chosen, and we’ve talked about it. This will be just another case—whatever level of involvement we have with it. You can’t let it take over—or neither one of us will be sane.”
She nodded. He was right. There were other cases where they found themselves on the fringe; and, frankly, every day of Craig’s life had to do with criminal activity in the City of New York. They’d already worked on cases of cruel and brutal murders. This was another. And there was always something that seemed to make it better—at least for the survivors—when a killer was brought to justice.
She couldn’t obsess. She knew it.
But this one felt personal!
“Yep.” She spoke blithely and smiled.
“You’re cool?” He didn’t believe her, she could tell; it seemed he didn’t know whether to push it or not.
But he was right about one thing. There was nothing for them to do right now except try to get their minds around what had happened—and let it go enough to get on with life.
Even figure out how to step back in order to step forward again.
“Yep. I’m fine. Let’s get food,” Kieran said.
“Sounds good. Thankfully, we always know where to go!”
Follow Kieran Finnegan and Special Agent Craig Frasier as they investigate.
Who was the woman? Where did the baby come from?
Can Kieran stay out of trouble when a lead surfaces through the family pub?
A DANGEROUS GAME
by Heather Graham
Available March 13, 2018, from MIRA Books.
Copyright © 2017 by Heather Graham Pozzessere
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