Robert Ellis: CITY OF FIRE, Chapter 27

The young woman living in Marina Del Rey is Avis Payton, who tells Lena and Novak that her purse was stolen last month, along with her credit cards and wallet. She no longer has the card used to access the porn site and shows them the bank statement indicating that the account was closed. It’s a dead end, and both Lena and Novak see Payton as a potential victim now because Romeo has her driver’s license and credit cards and knows where she lives. In a small, secluded, second floor apartment with a balcony at the beach …

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Robert Ellis: CITY OF FIRE, Chapter 26

Lena & Novak question Charles Burell at his home, the owner of the porn site Romeo logged onto the night he murdered Nikki Brant. Sifting through the list of members, Lena recognizes three names. “They were lifelong members of the holier-than-thou club. A senator from Pennsylvania. A radio talk-show host who talked about morality from his front-row seat somewhere to the right of Neptune. And that weird guy on God TV who thought he was Jesus and dispensed miracles to the little people if they sent him big enough checks.” As they go deeper into the list, they come up with someone whose log-on time matches the one found on the Brant’s computer. The problem is that it’s not a man. It’s a woman, living in Marina Del Rey...

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