Hard Ride to Dry Gulch. Joanna Wayne

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      “It’s the unexpected that usually produces the best evidence. I’ll see if I can get a rush on this.”

      Travis’s dedication seemed genuine, and if she could believe his rhetoric, he was ready to make finding Cornell a priority. But why? He was a homicide detective. This was way outside his line of duty.

      “Why are you taking this on with such fervor, Travis? This isn’t your job. It isn’t you responsibility.”

      “Let’s just say any friend of my new sister-in-law’s is a friend of mine. And from what I hear, you’re her best friend, practically family.”

      “And from what I hear, you don’t even claim kin to your own father.”

      “There is that,” Travis admitted. “So I guess we’ll have to go with that I’m one of the good guys.”

      Strangely, she believed him. Yet she wasn’t convinced he understood the urgency. All her instincts stressed that the call from Cornell had been a sign that his fear was growing. He’d taken a risk to call her, and someone else had heard him on the phone. They were running out of time.