The Crucifix Killer Part 46

'Who else knows about this?'

'You and I, that's it.'

'Let's keep it that way then. Alter the report,' the captain said firmly.

'I heard you're getting a commendation from the Chief of Police and the Mayor himself,' Garcia said as Hunter poured himself a gla.s.s of water from the gla.s.s jug by Garcia's bed.

'So are you.'

Garcia raised both of his eyebrows.

'We're partners remember? We were on the case together.'

Garcia smiled.

'Not bad for your first case as a RHD detective,' Hunter teased.

'Yeah, not bad for someone who can now use his hands as whistles.' Garcia lifted his right hand and moved it back and forth in front of his mouth pretending to blow on it and making a quick whistling sound.

They both broke into laughter.

A gentle knock on the door grabbed their attention. 'I could hear you two laughing halfway down the hall,' Anna said as she entered the room. 'It's great to see both of you laughing.'

'It certainly is,' Hunter said, resting his hand on Garcia's arm. 'It certainly is.'

About the author.

Born in Brazil of Italian origin, Chris Carter studied psychology and criminal behaviour at the University of Michigan. As a member of the Michigan State District Attorney's Criminal Psychology team, he interviewed and studied many criminals, including serial and multiple homicide offenders with life imprisonment convictions.

Having departed for Los Angeles in the early 1990s, Chris spent ten years as a guitarist for numerous Glam Rock bands before leaving the music business to write full-time. He now lives in London. The Crucifix Killer The Crucifix Killer is his first novel. is his first novel.

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