CHAPTER FOUR
Daniel felt adrenaline pulse in his veins. This hunch about Professor Laurent had turned out to be correct, like all his hunches did. The professor had perked up, outrage turned to excitement, making Daniel feel sure he had scored a hit.
He was good at what he did. Nothing felt more fulfilling than tracking down a killer.
“So you’ve heard of the cryptex?” she asked. “You know of my research?”
“Yeah. After the second murder, I searched the Internet for info about secrets or treasure hidden in medieval art collections. He isn’t the typical thief. He could have taken any number of priceless artifacts and didn’t. He was looking for something hidden. It didn’t take long to find you and your research into that cryptex thing. I want to talk to you about it.”
“What did your resea
