An Ace and A Pair (Dead Cold Mystery #1)

by Blake Banner

She stared at me hard. “Was there anything else?” “Yes.” “What?” She reached behind her and grabbed two boxes of files. She heaved them over and dumped them in front of me. She had to stand then, to be able to see me. I looked up at her. “What’s this?” “We are creating a cold-cases team. In view of your exceptional record, Detective Stone, you will be heading up the team. These here are the cold cases we’ve accumulated over the last thirty years. I’ll leave it up to you how you tackle them, but work your way through them, and close them.” I stared at her for a very long moment. “What about my current cases?” “They have been reassigned.” “Why?” “I just explained it to you, Detective.” She echoed my words from a little earlier. “Anything else?” I stood and picked up the boxes. At the door, I stopped. “You said I was heading up a team?” She’d sat down again and had a smug look all over her face. “Yes. Detective Carmen Dehan will be working with you. I think you two should make a fine team.” Dehan. I carried the boxes to the detectives’ room and dropped them on my desk. I wasn’t all that surprised by what had happened. Jennifer had been gunning for me for a couple of years. We had bad chemistry, and to be honest I didn’t care enough to make an effort to improve it. I was never good at kissing ass, and I wasn’t sure it would help much anyway. In her eyes, I was a dinosaur. The only people she wanted kissing her ass were the “New Bloods.” I was scowling at the boxes and wonderin...

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