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Daniel picked his way through a waist-high bracket of shrubs with a silent swear. Ray was busy hunting down a promising confidential informant from his old ATF days so he’d run out here on his own over his partner’s protests. He’d assured Ray it wasn’t a big deal—the doctor had given him the all clear and this lead was almost definitely a dead-end.
Instead, it appeared he’d stumbled on a major buy. What for, he wasn’t sure…
Cars and motorcycles surrounded a derelict building that used to be a country mansion. The sprawling three-story structure belonged to a timber baron. After that industry waned and the city had grown enough to encroach on the extensive property, the land was sold and the house was abandoned by the family. The bank owned it now.
Some of the trees had grown back, b
