In Cold Blonde
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In other words, don’t let it get too personal. “I won’t.” Something was nagging at the back of my brain. There was a familiar aspect about all this, but I couldn’t get it to bubble to the surface. “I’d like to see her crypt.”
“The funeral itself was small, only thirty-five guests. But outside the gates stood hundreds of reporters, photographers, police officers and fans.”
We were standing in front of the open crypt. The marble facing had been pried off, the bronze casket slid open. The only thing inside was the dried remains of a few roses.
“I played the organ,” Alex Snyder said. “You know what they requested? ‘Yesterday.’ Christine loved the Beatles.”
A set of footprints in the still-wet grass led to a rear gate. The chain had been broken, snapped by a crowbar, from the looks of it. Probably used the same crowbar on the crypt. “I could talk to a few neighbors,” I said. “See if anyone saw anything last night.”
“Absolutely not! Don’t talk to the neighbors. Or the police. Anyone. We’ll be ruined if the tabloids find out we lost Christine Cole’s body. I just want to pay the money and get her back.”
“You realize the kidnapper might take the money and not return the body.”
“I’ll take that chance. Will you help me?”
I fingered the ransom note and my business card. “I don’t think I have a choice.”
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