"Attention, attention, all Mableton High School personnel: proceed with your lockdown procedures. This is not a drill. This is not a drill. Law enforcement will notify you of the all-clear."
The automated female voice speaking on the intercom over the shrill screeching of the sirens is cold and robotic. It sends shivers down my spine. I look over at Lynne next to me; she's standing firm in position with her steely eyes facing ahead and her gun locked forward. I stare down my own sight down the eerily empty hall.
"This is the last announcement you will hear over the PA." The sirens stop. It is way too quiet. I can almost hear the ragged breathing and pounding hearts of every terrified person here. My own blood is rushing through my ears. I signal us to move forward, and we charge into the main office.
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COPYCAT
Mistero / ThrillerSequel to the thriller novel, THE CAT MURDERER. Detective Elliot Fletcher and his partner Dr. Lynne Thomas are assigned to a case in Rhinelander, WI eerily similar to the one they solved back home all those years ago. Someone is giving them the runa...
