A QUIET MORNING AT THE OFFICE

“THERE CAN BE NO question of suicide” stated Cooper emphatically. “The murder weapon, a
handgun with a silencer, was found immediately in front of the victim´s desk, but beyond were he
could have dropped it. It also had no fingerprints, and he wasn’t wearing gloves”.

“I agree,” said Walker. “The gun, of course, was photographed and taken for evidence
before we removed the body.”

Inspector Mathew Walker of the Royston Police Department, Thomas P. Stanwick, and FBI
Special Agent Ryan Cooper were in the inner office of Wilson Jasper. Until he had been found shot
at his desk a few hours earlier, Jasper had been a vice president of Supertech Corporation.

The reliable Sargeant Hatch entered the office and reported to Walker.

“As you can see, sir”he said, “there