Cold Case at Cobra Creek. Rita Herron
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Название: Cold Case at Cobra Creek

Автор: Rita Herron

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Зарубежные детективы

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СКАЧАТЬ “Coming!”

      Footsteps shuffled, then the door opened and a tall, rangy cowboy pushed the screen door open.

      “Lloyd Riley?”

      The man tipped his hat back on his head. “You’re that Indian who found the hikers?”

      “I was looking for them, but another rescue worker actually found them,” Dugan said. He offered his hand and Riley shook it.

      “Name’s Dugan Graystone.”

      “What are you doing out here?” Riley asked.

      Dugan chose his words carefully. Tough cowboys were wary of admitting they had money problems. “I spoke with George Bates at the bank about that development Ron Lewis had planned around Cobra Creek.”

      Riley stiffened. “What about it?”

      “Bates said he asked him to invest before he died. He also mentioned that he talked to some of the locals about investing, as well.”

      “So?” Riley folded his arms. “He held meetings with the town council and talked to most everyone in town about it. Didn’t he approach you?”

      Dugan shook his head. “No, he probably meant to, but he didn’t get around to me before he died.”

      Riley pulled at his chin. “Yeah, too bad about that.”

      The man sounded less than sincere. And Bates had said that he thought Riley made a deal with Lewis. “I heard Lewis offered to buy up some of the property in the area and made offers to landowners. Did he want to buy your farm?”

      Riley’s eyes flickered with anger. “He offered, but I told him no. This land belonged to my daddy and his daddy. I’ll be damned if I was going to let him turn it into some kind of shopping mall or dude ranch.”

      “So you refused his offer?”

      “Yeah. Damn glad I did. Heard he cheated a couple of the old-timers.”

      “How so?”

      “Offered them a loan to get them out of trouble, supposedly through the backer of this rich development. But fine print told a different story.”

      “What was in the fine print?”

      “I don’t know the details, but when it came time to pay up and the guys couldn’t make the payments, he foreclosed and stole the property right out from under them.”

      Riley reached for the door, as if he realized he’d said too much. “Why’d you say you wanted to know about all this?”

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