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Chapters (87)
  1. TITLE PAGE
  2. COPYRIGHT
  3. DEDICATION
  4. CONTENTS
  5. START READING
  6. CHAPTER ONE
  7. CHAPTER TWO
  8. CHAPTER THREE
  9. CHAPTER FOUR
  10. CHAPTER FIVE
  11. CHAPTER SIX
  12. CHAPTER SEVEN
  13. CHAPTER EIGHT
  14. CHAPTER NINE
  15. CHAPTER TEN
  16. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  17. CHAPTER TWELVE
  18. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  19. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  20. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  21. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  22. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  23. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  24. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  34. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  44. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  53. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  54. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  55. CHAPTER FIFTY
  56. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  62. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  63. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  64. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  65. CHAPTER SIXTY
  66. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  67. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  68. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  69. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  70. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  71. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  72. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
  73. CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
  74. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
  75. CHAPTER SEVENTY
  76. CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
  77. CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
  78. CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
  79. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR
  80. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
  81. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
  82. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN
  83. CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT
  84. CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE
  85. CHAPTER EIGHTY
  86. EPILOGUE
  87. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

“We’ll need to get out a BOLO,” I say. “Statewide, I think. He could be anywhere.”

“I agree,” Montrose says. “Let’s get the tech up to process the scene here. No sign of Sophie, but you never know what they’ll vacuum up.”

“What about the dog?” I say as we shut the thin door to the mobile home and seal it with crime-scene tape.

“What dog?” he says.

I make a face. “I get it. But we need to call Animal Control.”

“Fine, cat lady.”

Within the hour Mason County has issued a Be On the Lookout for James Edward Coyle, forty-nine, and his truck, a red Ford F-250 with Washington plates. He is wanted in conjunction with the abduction and murder of Sophie Warner and should be approached with extreme caution.

These days things only move fast or faster. Within thirty minutes of the BOLO our PIO had already fielded four media calls—including Linda London, who is always on the hunt for clickbait stories.

Stories start on Twitter and then jump to Facebook and finally onto the electronic pages of legacy media sites. Everyone with a pair of thumbs and a smartphone pounces to express shock and outrage and joy, as if their take on a case matters to those investigating it. The truth is, sometimes it does. Sometimes the right individual will see a story, and we’ll get the call that will end in justice. That’s always the hope.

I’ve thought of calling him many times since the interview. But I didn’t. Now I have to. He picks up on the first ring.

And he blasts me straightaway.

“I saw the news on my feed just now. You should have called me, Lee. It’s not right. Sophie was my wife. I should be the first to know.”

He seems anxious, and I don’t blame him, but that’s not how it works.

“I couldn’t,” I say. “But I’m calling now.”

I hear him take a breath. “You really think he’s the guy?”

I can only imagine how he’s feeling. “Not sure,” I say. “But we’re going to bring him in.”

When we find him, I think.

“Crap,” Adam says abruptly. “I’m at work, and I have another call. I have to take it. Call me with any updates, Lee. Okay?”

I promise that I will.

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

ADAM