Chapter 21
Seabrook, 102 years ago
One day to track down whatever xenophobic low-life killed the dinosaurian alien, and in doing so secure passage off Seabrook.
I’d never investigated a murder before. Holburn’s people finished up their documentation of the crime, stamped the reports as an off-world matter and sent them over to me. In a private message Alicia also included her contact details.
Nice, and not anything I had time to pursue if I was going to catch a murder and get off-world.
I took my tablet and went around to the brothel at the front of the alley. Those girls were always out in that front window. They had to have seen something.
Three women occupied the display front when I left the alley. A blond, artificially tanned to a golden brown, lay back along the red velvety cou
