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pulled out of the sheriff’s department parking lot and headed for the interstate.
    â€œWell, it’s nice that you’re allowed to talk to me again,” Sunny said. “Did Ingersoll give the okay?”
    Will grimaced for a moment. “He wasn’t exactly subtle, was he? But he had a point. My job is to investigate now. And we do have a connection.”
    â€œYeah, we’ve investigated a lot of things together.”
    â€œBut now I’m supposed to be doing it officially.” Will didn’t look happy at the expression on her face. “Have I ever told you how to write stories when you do them for the
Harbor Courier
?”
    â€œNo, but then I’ve read the way you write reports.” Sunny looked around the car. “I was almost expecting to see your friend Val Overton in here.”
    â€œWhy would you say that?” Will said sharply.
    â€œShe was at the crime scene with you,” Sunny pointed out. “Apparently it was okay for her to be around.”
    â€œVal is a trained investigator,” Will explained. “We worked together on a fugitive task force when I was with the state police up by the border.”
    â€œWe seem to keep bumping into people from your past,” Sunny said. “First Abby Martinson, and now this federal marshal. Did you have a crush on her, too?”
    Will laughed. “You haven’t seen Val in action. She’s a big gal, and I’ve seen her take down even bigger guys than me.”
    â€œSomehow, that doesn’t reassure me,” Sunny told him.
    â€œStrictly business,” Will assured her.
    Sunny decided to change the subject. “So, did you find out who the dead guy was?”
    Will shook his head. “No wallet, no ID.”
    â€œSo you have to go with fingerprints.”
    He nodded. “Which always takes a lot longer than it does on the TV cop shows.”
    â€œI thought of something when Lenore Nesbit was questioning me. The guy in the freezer was wearing a raincoat. So was the guy who went after Shadow.”
    Will glanced at her from behind the wheel. “You think the two may be connected?”
    â€œI don’t know,” Sunny replied. “But I do know better than to stroll the streets of Kittery Harbor in just a raincoat during winter.” As if to underline her thought, a sudden blast of wind actually made the car shake a little. “Did the body in the freezer have a beard? Maybe you could have Zach Judson take a look at him.”
    â€œZach told me he only got a glimpse of the guy outside your office,” Will said. “As for the fellow in the freezer, his face isn’t exactly recognizable. He took two shots in the back of the head. The exit wounds—trust me, you don’t want me to draw you a picture.”
    But Sunny was thinking of something else. “Shots in the back of the head. Execution style. In a fish shop? Why break in there in the first place?”
    â€œWell, it’s quiet, and the freezer would be pretty much soundproof,” Will said. “I hate to tell you this, but the New Stores are hardly Fort Knox. Why did Ollie put the gate on the store next door to your office? Or did Neil do it?”
    â€œOllie had it installed, hoping to lure a better class oftenant.” Remembering the elaborate shutters protecting stores in New York, Sunny shrugged. “It’s window dressing really. Or rather, it only protects the door, not the windows. If anybody really wanted to get into those stores, they could do it pretty easily.”
    â€œYeah, but a broken window draws attention,” Will said. “Better to go in the back way. The rear doors are metal, but you could get through them if you were determined.”
    â€œI’ll bear that in mind in case I forget my key,” Sunny told him. “I have to admit, when I saw the body, the first thing I thought of was Madman Mel.”
    That got a laugh from Will. “From what I