Old Loves Die Hard A Mac Faraday Mystery By Lauren Carr Old Loves Die Hard All Rights Reserved © 2011 by Lauren Carr No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author. For information call: 304-285-8205 or Email:
[email protected] This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental ISBN-10: 1460935136 ISBN-13: 978-1460935132 Printed in the United States of America To my son Tristan, You are the center of my universe. Old Loves Die Hard PROLOGUE Georgetown, District of Columbia—Three Years Ago Does heavy rain affect the murder rate the same way a full moon does? Squinting through the rain flowing down his windshield like a waterfall, Lieutenant Mac Faraday pondered this ques- tion while easing his sedan around the emergency vehicles surrounding an SUV in the downtown parking lot. Mac hoped the patrolman in the yellow rain parka flagging him down wouldn’t comment on his car’s grinding brakes. Payday was Friday. Then, he could replace the brake pads. With his luck, the pads would wear down to the rotors first. “What’ve we got?” Mac blinked against the raindrops splashing onto his face and into his blue eyes while calling out the window.