Chapter 1

"Captain Porter," Detective Shane McKutcheon said as they settled into the conference room, "do we really need to go through a criminology department? You’re the best detective on the force that’s why they made you Captain."

"What makes me a good Detective, McKutcheon, is admitting when I need help," Captain Bette Porter said, "this case has been deluding us for years and I’m not willing to risk the lives of more innocent people because of my pride. This criminologist is the best there is and she’s our only chance in stopping this killer."

"Have you worked with her before?" Shane said glancing at a piece of paper, "Tina K-Kennard."

"No I haven’t," Bette said.

"Then how do you know she’s good?"

"You really don’t watch the news do ya?"

"You’re my roommate, have you ever seen me watch the news?"

Bette snorted. "Anyways she’s won all these awards for solving all these decade old unsolved cases."

"So she’s super smart," Shane said.

"Probably I don’t know," Bette said. "According to that news report she understands the minds of criminals so… well it’s like she’s in their minds."

Shane nodded as the door opened. A beautiful blonde woman entered in jeans, a fitted black shirt and an expensive looking jacket, holding a notebook and a pen.

"Hi, I’m Dr. Tina Kennard," she said extending her hand to Bette.

Bette stood up and shook it while saying, "pleasure to finally meet you. I’m Captain Bette Porter and this is Detective Shane McKutcheon."

Tina shook Shane’s hand then sat down across from them. "So you need me for a case?"

Bette sat down handed Tina a file. "Serial killer. We’ve been hunting him down for years following his long trail of victims but this guy is practically a professional. There is no trace of anything, we don’t have a single suspect."

"Not one?" Tina said.

"Nothing," Shane said with a sigh.

"How many victims?" Tina asked.

"So far we’ve found 24 victims," Bette said. "But there could be more floating around in rivers or rotting in a dump yard."

"Is that where the killer usually dumps the bodies?" Tina asked.