No Alibi. Valerie Hansen
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Название: No Alibi
Автор: Valerie Hansen
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Современная зарубежная литература
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He pointed the flashlight beam. “If those are your footprints, you have a lot bigger feet than I thought.”
Staring at the imprints, she gasped. Her mouth was suddenly so dry she couldn’t swallow. “I—I don’t wear boots with a waffle sole. I never have.”
“That’s what I was afraid of.”
Smith reached into his pocket and took out a cell phone. Julie Ann hugged herself and listened while he made a call to Harlan and explained what they’d found.
As soon as he hung up, she asked “Is he sending Boyd back?” The disgusted expression on Smith’s face answered her question even before he spoke.
“No. They’re busy with an accident out on the highway. No one’s available.”
She saw him tilt his head to eye the sky and noticed that the previously clear evening was starting to look suspiciously cloudy. “Do you think it’s going to rain before they can get here?”
“Knowing Arkansas, that’s a strong probability. Especially this time of year. Can you think of any way we can shelter those prints to preserve them?”
“I suppose we could put a box or something like that over them but if the rain is heavy, it’ll probably wash the whole thing away.” Frustrated, she clenched her fists. “Nobody believes me. I tell them there’s a prowler and nobody believes me.”
“I do,” Smith said.
Julie Ann sensed the truth of his statement though she could not clearly see his face. Of course, they were standing there staring at proof in the narrow beam of light so it wasn’t exactly a stretch for him to vouch for her veracity. Still, she was grateful. “Thanks.”
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