“Sorry I had to interrupt your day off, but it’s an odd case, no question, buddy.” Luke’s partner, Mannfred Gage was short and stocky, with a bright cheerful gaze that saw everything but gave nothing away. They’d been partners since Luke transferred to homicide and Luke wouldn’t have it any other way. Mann was solid as a rock, with a puckish sense of humor and great instincts. Though he was a little quick with the beeper. “Not much to go on.” An understatement, Luke thought, setting aside the file on Dr. John Knight as they pulled into the parking lot at Merryweather Biotechnologies. So far it was a thin file, mostly because of the blizzard that had shut down the city for most of the day. Basically they knew he was dead and that he had worked for Merryweather prior to his death. A prelimi

