Wed, Feb 18, 2009
Crews and Reese investigate the murder of Frank Dunlop, who was found buried upright to his neck. He was a driver who delivered meals to shut-ins and the Police start to check those addresses. When they get to the Paxton residence, they find two people who turn out to be siblings, but also the children of the infamous Johnny Haslett who was a known multiple murderer. Charlie again meets Micky Rayburn who tells him FBI Agent Bodner is tied to Roman Nabikov. Meanwhile, Ted Early is arrested when police find a gun and bag of cocaine in the back seat of his car.
Wed, Feb 4, 2009
Some weeks have passed since Charlie was shot at the front door of his house. He's recovered from his wounds but his memory - and the identity of the person who shot him - is a blank. He and Reese are assigned to investigate the shooting death of a former NASA astronaut who was forced to land his airplane on a residential street. They learn that the man was about to sell his company and use the proceeds to pay for one last trip into space. The man's son had a very low level position in the company and his partner, also a former astronaut, would be out of a job if the company were sold. When they learn that the dead man had climbed K2 a year before and that a fellow climber died, they get a new lead to follow. Meanwhile, Ted Earley is still in jail and Charlie decides to take action to get him out.
Wed, Feb 11, 2009
Reese and Crews investigate the murder of the lead singer of a rock cover band. The man was obviously suffocated with a piece of clear plastic, leaving a strange death mask at the scene. The band had developed quite a following and regularly packed the venue where they played. The detectives soon learn that the dead man had only been with the group for a year and that the three other musicians had fired his predecessor. In a strange world of groupies, imitators and wannabes, the detectives sift through the evidence. Photographs taken at various concerts provide the necessary clue. Meanwhile, Charlie's father shows up with the news that his beautiful young fiance has left him. When Ted Earley blurts out that he is in love with the woman, Charlie has yet another problem to contend with.
Wed, Feb 18, 2009
Crews and Reese investigate the murder of a man found sitting in the attic of a roofless house. What they learn is that the man was a con artist who would scam individuals into major home repairs, such as replacing a new roof, and then walk away with their money. As they start to sift through the various people he has scammed, they find that one, a kindly old lady who was bilked out of all of her savings, is the only one who had actually withdrawn her complaint against him. While they don't suspect her of murder, they do take an interest in her son who, it turns out, had an interesting way of dealing with what his mother had to go through. Charlie meanwhile learns more about the Bank of LA robbery from Mickey Rayborn but learns that he disappears later that day and that there are large pools of blood on the man's luxury yacht.
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Wed, Feb 25, 2009
With Dani Reese away working on a joint LAPD-FBI team, Charlie Crews recruits his friend Officer Bobby Stark to investigate the murder of Jerome Rafts. The dead man was by all accounts a derivatives trader but according to Ted Early, that market imploded some time ago so the man, who lived a lavish lifestyle, must have had another source of income. He also spent most of his time with paid escorts leading the police to focus on his most recent favorite, a girl named Alexa who, like Rafts, had an interest in pigeons. Turns out that Rafts and Alexa also shared the same profession. The investigator looking into Mickey Rayborn's disappearance signs up for Ted's class and gets access to Charlie's house. As for Reese, she begins to wonder just what this special task force is all about as she undergoes a security interview.
Wed, Mar 11, 2009
With Dani still away on the joint LAPD-FBI task force, Charlie and his close friend Officer Bobby Stark investigate the stabbing death of a man jogging on a pier. Surveillance video doesn't reveal much, but a motel key in the victim's pocket leads them to his three friends. All four of them are soldiers on leave and recently served in Iraq. Charlie is puzzled by the fact that they aren't wearing their dog tags, and he soon realizes that they are moonlighting as security officers. Turns out they may have a very special interest in the man to whom they are providing security. Charlie decides to do something about the private investigator accusing him in Mickey Rayborn's disappearance and possible death.
Wed, Mar 18, 2009
Charlie tries to figure out the photo that shows Reese meeting Raybourne a few days before his apparent death. He then gets assigned a new partner, Jane Seever, who is nothing like Reese. They catch an ex-con fleeing a murder scene. The victim was a young woman with whom the man, John, had been writing letters when he was in prison. The man claims the girl was dead when he got there. They started dating when he got out. John confesses that he had been writing to another woman as well, but stopped doing it when he got out. The woman had become upset. At FBI, Reese is shown more and more material featuring both Raybourne and Charlie, who turn out to be part of the Organized Crime Task Force Investigation she has been brought into. John's other pen pal turns out to be a religious woman who has forgiven him and actually worships him as a saint. John, however, made his one post-arrest phone call to a third woman, Nina Fiske. She turns out to be a playwright and yet another pen pal of John's. Then John manages to escape.
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Wed, Apr 8, 2009
Roman Nevikov kidnaps Dani Reese and contacts Charlie with his ransom demand: he wants Charlie to bring him Mickey Rayborn. With the LAPD brass looking for Charlie as well, he's not spending much time at the office. He wonders if Rayborn is alive, but Ted Earley can't find any financial activity by Rayborn. Where and how, Charlie asks himself, could someone live without money? The answer to that question gives him the solution to Rayborn's disappearance. Also, Charlie finally learns why his friend and business partner Jason Seybolt was targeted by the crooked cops and what Rayborn and his pals were really after. In order to get Dani's freedom however, Charlie can only do one thing: exchange himself for his partner and take what comes.