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“Thomas?” Moore said. “Why would you do that? He’s a stone-cold killer.”
“He claims an ironclad alibi for the night the Kanes were killed,” I said. “Says he was miles away, and yet his hair was somehow found at the scene.”
“Because he was there,” Moore said.
“Or someone else was. Someone involved in a frame job.”
CHAPTER 101
MOORE CONTINUED TO STAY COOL. But Liu shifted uncomfortably in her seat.
I knew we’d agreed to focus on the former book editor, but I felt like it was time to turn the pressure up on both of them.
I pulled a sheaf of papers from my jacket. “This is your book proposal. Tull disputes some of these facts.”
“Of course he does,” Liu said.
“And there are other facts here that you could not have known about because we have not released them.”
Moore’s gaze was steady, but her girlfriend’s eyes shifted low and to the right.
Liu said, “Like what?”
“Like the fact that the murder weapon was not found in the gun safe in Tull’s storage unit but in a filing cabinet against the back wall.”
“Lisa said she got that from one of the officers on the scene,” Liu said.
Sampson smiled. “Except we were the only officers on the scene and neither of us saw or spoke to her about that search or any other aspect of the investigation. Isn’t that right, Ms. Moore?”
“That’s correct,” Moore said. “I spoke with two patrolmen outside the gates of the storage facility who were there after you left and then a forensics team that was sent in to tear apart Tull’s unit.”
I didn’t expect that. “You remember the officers’ names?”
“I can get them from my notes,” Moore said. “What else?”
“How about James Kenilworth?”
Moore’s face went several shades lighter.
Liu’s brows knit. “James who?”
“Kenilworth,” Sampson said.
“Never heard of James Kenilworth.”
I said, “Funny. He’s heard a whole lot about you. From Ms. Moore.”
“What?”
Mahoney said, “Turns out, Kenilworth is a two-time felon with warrants out on breaking-and-entering charges in Fort Worth. He was more than willing to tell us he’d ginned things up for Tull in the past—hired by Ms. Moore, of course. For the past three months, he’s been working solely for Moore. And, in effect, for you, Ms. Liu.”
“No,” Liu said, then looked at Moore, who was expressionless.
“Oh, yes. Mr. Kenilworth has admitted to being the intruder at the Allison home. He’s confessed to using the toupee your girlfriend gave him so he would look like Tull.”
Mahoney slid a picture of Kenilworth’s driver’s license and the still from the Allisons’ security recordings across the table.“He’s bald in real life. He’s also a runner and owns a little Jack Russell terrier named Sparkle. He does look a heck of a lot like Thomas Tull with the toupee on, doesn’t he?”
Liu looked at the pictures and then at Moore. “Lisa?”
