What Have You Done (Adler and Dwyer, #0.5)

by Matthew Farrell

The first things Liam noticed were the mattresses lined up on the living room floor.

Liam had been six years old when his mother tried to kill him. It had happened eleven months after he and Sean had lost their father to a set of bad brakes and a fatal car

Don Carpenter, Sean’s partner, came in through the front door. He was tall, African American, about fifteen years older than Sean, and good-looking. When he walked, he seemed to float. There were no hard movements about him. The ladies loved him, but he was a faithful husband, which made him all the more alluring. He was the only partner Sean had ever known and had been his mentor since Sean’s rookie year. Over time they had formed a bond that grew far beyond the department.

Raul Montenez hurried into the lobby of the Tiger Hotel, balancing a cup of coffee in one hand and a bag of doughnuts in the other. He glanced through the scratched and dirty bulletproof glass of the cashier’s booth and saw his boss, Mr. Guzio,

Kerri was dead. Kerri Miller. His lover.