Excerpts from “A Wake of Vultures”

Something deep in his consciousness made him want to leave this place. There was danger here and instinctively Tom knew it, but, as he was taught in his many years as a cop, you perform as you train and his training overrode his instinct. He moved further into the darkened house. Moving through the kitchen door into the dining room he swept the beam of his light from left to right, alert for any movement that would trigger his action response.