“It’s an idea, and at this point we need to do something to draw the killer out of the woodwork,” Lieutenant Harber said the morning after Quint’s visit with Clay.
“Something that doesn’t endanger Mr. Richardson, per se,” Quint replied. “Me? I can handle myself.”
“One would hope so,” Harber replied with a touch of sarcasm. “The question is…will Richardson go for it? And if so, how long will it take him to finish a painting?”
“I have no idea. I’ll ask him when I broach the subject.”
“Any word on Travis Nelson?”
“Not so far. He hasn’t turned up in any of our files. Pat is running a facial recognition program to cross-check the photo of the painting with any of the victims on record in the cold-case files. He also sent a copy off to the FBI’s NCIC along with what information we have on M
