title: Murder In Germantown
author: Mr. Rahiem Brooks
description: Rahiem Jerome Brooks is a member of the Mystery Writer's of America, and his debut street thriller, LAUGH NOW won 2010 AAMBC Book of the Year and he earned 2011 AAMBC Author of the Year. LAUGH NOW also the Most Creative Plot at the DMV Expo's Creative Excellent Awards. Rahiem was also nominated at the 2011 and 2012 African-American Literary Awards.
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  # Womans Murder Club 5 - The 5th Horseman
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # Womans Murder Club 5 - The 5th Horseman
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter 87
  
  
  PANTING, I CALLED IN our location as Conklin cuffed Louie Bergin’s hands
  behind his back.
  
  
  Bergin’s palms and the right side of his face were scraped and bloody from the
  fall.
  
  
  But he didn’t say a word.
  
  
  And he didn’t fight.
  
  
  I was thinking ahead, and I was troubled. All we had on Bergin was
  “interfering with a police officer,” a charge that called for minimal bail,
  nothing more than that.
  
  
  If he could cough up a thousand bucks, he’d be back on the street in half an
  hour. He’d be in Vancouver by dinnertime, and we’d never see him again.
  
  
  Conklin read my mind.
  
  
  “Lou, you saw him. He was resisting arrest.”
  
  
  My eyebrows shot up. Resisting? The man was lying on the street like a dead
  tuna.
  
  
  “He swung at me,” Conklin insisted, rubbing his jaw. “Got in a good one before
  I wrestled him down. Have to admit, Lou,