Chapter Twenty-six
Thursday, October 23
8:32 AM
Las Vegas
Craig rushed back to his hotel room, intending to stop for only a few minutes before heading out to the Test Site. After picking up some papers in preparation for a long day, he would get to NTS in an hour or so, and stay there all night if he had to. He could get all the sleep he wanted after he had solved the murder.
Already his temples pounded and his skull ached because he had crammed it so full of numbers and forms, reports, and minor memos from the previous day. And with the discovery of Jorgenson’s body last night, he felt the tension tightening around him like a vice.
Tomorrow was October 24.
Craig popped in the plastic key and pushed his door open. His room smelled strongly of months-deep layers of cigarette smoke th
