“Detective Nash, could you send me a copy of the surveillance footage?”

Neil handled things cleanly. Not long after he hung up, the video landed on Talia’s phone.

Talia opened it, and I leaned in beside her, watching with her.

Carmen and Kieran never showed up at the hotel together. Every time, she checked in first and paid for the room. Only after that would Kieran appear—always with a woman whose face was hidden under a hat and mask, or a ...