CHAPTER THIRTEEN Done with his digging into recent alligator attacks in the area over the last two years, Palmer felt lost at sea. He was now stranded in a small-town police department where a visiting State Police captain was lurking around, pissed at him. He had Humphrey as an ally, he supposed, but Humphrey was set out about his own business. As he occupied himself with looking over the eight reports of gator attacks from the last two years, Palmer started to understand that he had not been the best impromptu partner today. First of all, he'd pretty much invited himself to tag along, and within just a few hours he'd started complaining that Camille was trying too hard to find something that was not there. This was her first case under a new director. Of course she was going to want t

