Murder in Misery (Spook Squad) Read Free Page A

with her and Detective Hollis. She trudged up to the third floor. The door was open and Matt was already sitting in one of the chairs in silence staring at his hands as they waited for her.
    She knocked out of respect before stepping into the room.
    “Close the door Detective.” Captain Perry directed her to sit. As soon as she sat down Keegan knew that Connor hadn’t made it. She had never seen Matt look so hollow before. His normally bright eyes were dark brown, his skin had turned ashen and it seemed like he was about to puke.
    “This case is going to require both of your departme nts to work together and to do so efficiently. I don’t want to hear about any squabbles between your men. I know the history between the SIU and homicide. You don’t get alone and you don’t trust each other. In all honesty, you can’t stand each other. I don’t care what your issues are. They don’t matter anymore. For the sake of this case, you need to get over it and work together. Because what we have here isn’t just a supernatural that was killed and it wasn’t just a human. Do you understand what I’m saying? We’ve got two separate groups in this community who are going to be blaming each other for the death of each of the victims. There are going to be people who target the Supernatural District and there are going to be supernturals who turn into vigilantes. I’m not having it. You understand?”
    Keegan nodded, “Yes sir.”
    “Yes sir.” Matt echoed.
    “Good,” the Captain set his hands down flat on his desk before standing, “I know you two get along most of the time but I don’t think I need to reiterate why it is so important that the departments work together fully. Do I?”
    “No sir,” Matt stood up, “If that’s all we’ll get back to work.”
    “See that you do,” The Captain nodded before gesturing them out of the office. They walked down the hallway and to the stairs in silence. Once the door to the stairwell closed, Matt placed a hand on Keegan’s arm. “Connor didn’t make it.”
    Keegan nodded. “None of us knew he was there. You couldn’t see him and Doc Biggerson and the techs didn’t move the bodies because they didn’t think he was there. You did what you could, calling units in to help search for him.”
    “One of us should have known, one of us should have checked rather than assumed. Maybe then he’d be alive.” Matt shrugged before heading down the stairs, “I’ve got men talking with their friends, seeing if we can get any leads. Call if you get anything?”
    “Same to you. ” Keegan nodded and waited a few beats before following behind him. She passed through the bullpen to get to the basement stairs. She ignored the dark looks she got before disappearing to a relative safety that the basement offered.
    Settling behind her desk, Keegan read the quick and dirty e-mail Biggerson had sent her and let out a harsh breath. Deep wounds along the neck and chest were what caused Connor to pass. Without more information and until she could get the autopsy on all three victims started, she wouldn’t know what kind of animal caused the trauma, blah, blah, blah.
    Keegan did the only thing she could do at this point. She worked. It was the only answer with how to process what had happened. She needed start at the beginning, to go over everything in her head again. There had to be a reason for someone to want this family dead and to go as far as they did. A heavy book dropping against a desk had Keegan snapping her head up and out of her thoughts. She watched as Leeroy Thompson settled in at his desk with his feet propped up and proceeded to watch her.
    “What?” Keegan ignored the probing eyes and tried to play nonchalant but it didn’t work. Not with someone like Leeroy. Part of being Djinn meant knowing what was on a person’s mind along with what their deepest desires were.
    “I heard about what happened at the crime scene earlier. With you finding the kid still alive and