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Sunday, May 31

Dead Letter: Prologue

Hammer hung suspended over Jason Jawolalski’s impounded car in a full body harness, suspended in space by a truss that kept him from contaminating the crime scene. A pair of goggles provided a zoom function to scan every square inch of the car.

He thought he caught a hint of white sticking out of the inside of the door frame. Hammer pulled out a pair of tweezers from one of the many pockets of his overalls and leaned forward to get a closer look.

The intercom crackled. “Could you give it a wash too when you’re done?” It was Jim-Bean, watching from the observation room above him.

“Very funny,” said Hammer. “Sprague ordered me to give Jawolalski’s car the once over.”

“Didn’t Warner’s team already look at it?”

Hammer didn’t answer. They both knew that it in was Warner’s best interest to overlook any evidence that would help Sprague’s team. [MORE]

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