"Karin Slaughter - [Grant County 03] - A Faint Cold Fear" - читать интересную книгу автора (Slaughter Karin)

"You could start bringing them."
Sara gave the police cruiser a pointed
look. "Is that new?" she asked, feigning
curiosity. Grant County was a small
place. Sara had heard about the new patrol car
before it was even parked in front of the station.
He said, "Got it a couple of days ago."
"Lettering looks good," she said, keeping her tone
casual.
"How about that," he said, an annoying phrase
he had lately picked up when he did not know
what else to say.
Sara did not let him get away with it. "She
did a really nice job."
Jeffrey kept his gaze steady, as if he had
nothing to hide. Sara would have been impressed had
he not used the exact same expression the last
time he'd assured her he was not cheating.
She gave a tight smile, repeating,
"What's hinky?"
He let out a short, irritated breath.
"You'll see," he told her, heading toward the
river.
Sara walked at her normal pace, but
Jeffrey slowed enough for her to catch up with him. She
could see that he was angry, but Sara had never let
Jeffrey's moods intimidate her.
She asked, "Is it a student?"
"Probably," he said, his tone still 15
clipped. "We checked his pockets. There
wasn't any Id on him, but this side of the
river is college land."
"Great," Sara mumbled, wondering how long it
would be before Chuck Gaines, the new head of
security at the college, showed up and started
questioning everything they did. Chuck was easy to dismiss
as a nuisance, but Jeffrey's prime
directive as chief of police for Grant
County was to keep the college happy. Chuck
knew this better than anyone, and he exploited
his advantage whenever he could.
Sara noticed a very attractive blonde
sitting on a cluster of rocks. Beside her was
Brad Stephens, a young patrolman who had
been a patient of Sara's a long time ago.
"Ellen Schaffer," Jeffrey provided.
"She was jogging toward the woods. Crossed the
bridge and saw the body."
"When did she find it?"
"About an hour ago. She called it in on her