Chapters (97)
- Cover
- Back Cover Text
- Praise
- Booklist
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-One
- Twenty-Two
- Twenty-Three
- Twenty-Four
- Twenty-Five
- Twenty-Six
- Twenty-Seven
- Twenty-Eight
- Twenty-Nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-One
- Thirty-Two
- Thirty-Three
- Thirty-Four
- Thirty-Five
- Thirty-Six
- Thirty-Seven
- Thirty-Eight
- Thirty-Nine
- Forty
- Forty-One
- Forty-Two
- Forty-Three
- Forty-Four
- Forty-Five
- Forty-Six
- Forty-Seven
- Forty-Eight
- Forty-Nine
- Fifty
- Fifty-One
- Fifty-Two
- Fifty-Three
- Fifty-Four
- Fifty-Five
- Fifty-Six
- Fifty-Seven
- Fifty-Eight
- Fifty-Nine
- Sixty
- Sixty-One
- Sixty-Two
- Sixty-Three
- Sixty-Four
- Sixty-Five
- Sixty-Six
- Sixty-Seven
- Sixty-Eight
- Sixty-Nine
- Seventy
- Seventy-One
- Seventy-Two
- Seventy-Three
- Seventy-Four
- Seventy-Five
- Seventy-Six
- Seventy-Seven
- Seventy-Eight
- Seventy-Nine
- Eighty
- Eighty-One
- Eighty-Two
- Eighty-Three
- Eighty-Four
- Eighty-Five
- Eighty-Six
- Eighty-Seven
- Eighty-Eight
- Eighty-Nine
- Acknowledgments & A Personal Note
- Excerpt
“I can’t reveal that yet,” Ben said.
“Kayla.” Maggie moved her microphone to her. “It’s great that you’re here helping. Why did you come?”
“Like my dad said, it’s a good cause and it’s something my mom would’ve done.”
“Have you decided on a career path?” Maggie asked. “Are you going to be a writer, like your dad?”
“I’d like to be a reporter, like my mom and dad were.”
“And what about you, Mrs. Grant?” Rob glanced at his notebook. “I’m sorry, Emma. Are you a writer or a journalist? Is that why you’re here?”
Emma pushed her glasses closer to her face. “I’m a school counselor. I think Ben and Kayla said it best—this is a terrific cause and—” she cast an arm to the people jam-packed amid the books, as if to divert attention from herself “—you can see, a lot of people support it.”
“Indeed,” Maggie said. “Okay, I think we’re good. Thank you.”
The cameras were lowered and Emma disappeared into the crowd, leaving Ben and Kayla to exchange glances and shrug at her donning of sunglasses and hasty departure.
Twenty-Four
Winnipeg, Manitoba
2000
KILL THEM ALL
The enlarged photo showing the blood-scrawled message was affixed to one of the big rolling whiteboards in the RCMP’s crime lab.
The facility was housed in a low, wide building with a stylistic cluster of red circular chimneys on Academy Road. This was where a team of experts with Forensic Identification Services had been working around the clock processing the exhibits collected from the Tullock murders, going all out to find who was behind the killings.
Autopsy results provided by the province’s Medical Examiner’s Office, which was located across the city, had confirmed that all the victims died of stab wounds. Specifically, Roy’s left carotid artery was severed from behind, consistent with a cut throat. Linda and Neal died from wounds that had pierced their hearts. Connie died as a result of injuries suffered from multiple stab wounds to her organs. The weapons used were steak knives recovered at the scene from a set belonging to the household.
Given the horrific magnitude of the crimes, given that no suspects had been arrested, the case had been assigned the highest priority and the brass at National Headquarters in Ottawa was monitoring results.
Sergeant Amanda Marsh, the Forensic Identification Specialist who headed the FIS team from the first call to Old Pioneer Road, had been given authority to bring in every specialist and assistant available. Her commanders had arranged for others from Regina and Edmonton to be flown in to help.
Marsh glanced again from her worktable at the chilling message. Its meaning is for the profilers to decipher. She then looked at the other forensic experts quietly concentrating on examining and processing material.