The Woman Who Wore Roses - paperback

🔥Some innocent victims are anything but innocent.🔥 I held the phone toward him again. Once more, he studied the photograph. Then he leaned back. “She’s not one of mine.” “Then we’ve got a problem,” I said. “Here’s what I’m thinking. My victim was a prostitute. If she didn’t work for you, she was probably from St. Louis. She came here to meet with a client at your motel. That’s your turf, though, and you don’t take well to independent operators working out of your business. You watched her with those surveillance cameras outside your club and waited until her client left. Then you killed her to keep your girls from getting ideas about going independent and costing you money.” He gave me a bemused smile. “You’ve got quite an imagination.” “That’s what I’m told. Did you kill her?” “No,” he said, shaking his head. “You got a picture of her dress?” I cocked my head to the side. “Why does her dress interest you?” “Just trust me on this, Joe,” he said, holding out his hand. “Let me see her d