CHAPTER TWENTY THREE Kate had been wrong. Duran had given her until nearly two o’clock before he started to call for her. The first call came at 1:46, as she and DeMarco were rushing to the address Eric Letterman had given them. She ignored it right away. When she did, DeMarco gave her a discerning eye from behind the wheel. “You may as well answer it. This close to having a very likely suspect, I very seriously doubt he’s going to bring the hammer down so hard.” Kate knew DeMarco was right, but she was far too focused right now. The last thing she wanted to do was to storm in after their first truly strong suspect with whatever choice words Duran had for her ringing in her ears. She did pick the phone back up but instead of returning Duran’s call, she pulled up Bannerman’s number. They

