ThirtyThe tally at Duncan Memorial Hospital was monstrous. Nine dead, including another of Erin's closest friends. Three officers had been hospitalized in critical, stable, and satisfactory conditions. The critical officer, a married father of three, was beyond answering questions. Of the others, both bachelors, stable had no memory of the incident, and satisfactory, who'd been climbing from his squad when the attack came, hadn't seen a thing.
The havoc in the streets became rage in the corridors of police headquarters and panic beneath the glistening dome of City Hall. In the lead investigator's office, the chief divided his gaze between the board of evidence and the detective as Erin tried to update him on the OB incident and the investigation as a whole. Her report somehow carried more
