Malloy hung up the office phone with a smile of contentment. “It seems they ran the plate on a car that is registered to Tony Christian parked out in the Shady Tree Estates lot.” “That’s good business.” Kendrick clenched his fist. “If he’s over there his brother can’t be far behind.” “Yeah, I told the guys to keep a close watch, but from afar.” “That was quick. What time did they pick up the hit?” “They got in position about three this morning and that’s when they first spotted the vehicle.” Hopeful that soon it would be some sort of a break in the open cases, the partners went to grab a quick breakfast from an out of the way down-home cooking hole in the wall. Calling ahead placing their food order gave the two detectives time to hang up some more posters pertaining to the capture of their number one suspect in a long list of crimes, including one extremely high-priority complaint that came in just hours earlier in which a single mother of four was robbed and killed in front of her children.
