I’ll have him interview them.Ĭasey nodded. After not being able to reach her on her cell or by e-mail, she called the manager. She was supposed to meet for a study session last night and didn’t show.

He said he got a call from a friend of hers. I suppose most have already headed to work. I sent a couple of the uniforms around to the neighbors to see if anyone knew her. There didn’t appear to be forced entry, Casey stated. Sikes is with the apartment manager now, but the ID in her purse is Dana Burrows. She still wasn’t comfortable referring to the victim as a body. She was used to working with live victims, not dead.

Spencer will do a rape kit, but it kinda looks like our guy just left a deposit on the body. Rita didn’t think there was sexual trauma.īut we found semen on the sheets and on the legs of the victim, Mac said. Tori looked up, then motioned Casey closer. She stopped in the doorway, finding Tori squatting beside the bed, listening to Mac describe the scene. Whereas the apartment was neat and orderly, the bedroom was in shambles. Read moreĬasey followed the sound of Tori Hunter’s voice, nodding at one of the new crime lab technicians who was dusting for prints near the phone. Partners concludes the series that began with the chart-topping bestseller Hunter's Way, and continued with the Lambda Literary and Golden Crown finalist In the Name of the Father-with the sizzling intensity that only Gerri Hill can deliver. Figuring it out is a pointless exercise, she tells herself, because that kind of lightning can't possibly strike twice. Leslie would be happy if the questions stopped there, but she's also wondering why she'd rather spend time with these women-specifically Casey-than with her fiancé.Ĭasey would also like to stick to business, but as the case intensifies she finds herself also watching Tori and Sam and wondering how they balance their public personas and private passions. The investigation raises a lot of questions around the killer's means and opportunities. Professional duty trumps personal issues as the detectives focus on their latest case, a killer whose choice of victim is solitary women. Now Leslie Turner is going to slow down the process. It's been hard enough to transition from working with live victims to dead ones. Casey O'Connor isn't thrilled to learn that she has a new partner on the way. Tori Hunter always worked solo, but in Samantha Kennedy she found a partner, in more ways than one.

Partners by Gerri Hill