Beneath the Badge. Rita Herron

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      To Rickey and Delores for making me fall in love

      with the Rangers…

Chapter One

      “Taylor Landis needs protection.”

      Sergeant Hayes Keller pushed his half-eaten bloodred steak away, his appetite vanishing. He knew Brody McQuade, his lieutenant, was still pissed at him for sleeping with his sister, Kimberly, and forcing him to babysit the richest, prissiest heiress in Texas must be his way of punishing him.

      “But Montoya killed Kimberly,” Hayes said, “and Carlson tried to kill Caroline, and you took care of him.”

      Brody cleared his throat. “We have to tie up loose ends. I’m at the crime lab in Austin, and we got the results of Carlson’s autopsy. Egan said Carlson acted as if he’d been drugged, and the coroner found ketamine in his system.”

      “Ketamine—that’s Special K on the streets. I’m not surprised,” Hayes said. “Carlson had money. He ran with the party crowd.”

      Brody sighed, sounding weary. “We need to search Carlson’s place, see if we find evidence of the drug.”

      “Why? He’s dead. Good riddance.”

      “Yeah. But during the shoot-out, when Egan confronted Carlson about being on drugs, he denied taking anything.”

      “So you think someone else drugged СКАЧАТЬ