CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Riley and her colleagues moved quietly into the apartment building. Fortunately, none of the residents were out and about, so they didn’t have to worry about clearing away unwary civilians. They stopped just outside the door to Apartment A and exchanged uneasy glances.
Like Riley, Bill and Jenn had their hands near their weapons.
Riley knocked sharply on the door. They waited a few moments, but there was no reply.
She hesitated. Of course it was possible that Red Messer wasn’t home.
If he didn’t answer the door, maybe they should check in with Chief Dolby to try to find out more about him—including where he might be at the moment.
Riley didn’t much like that idea. If Messer really was their killer, she wanted to arrest him here and now, before he got wind that they we
