I could see no obvious marks, holes, or bloodstains on the clothes. But, before the medical examiner and the lab got here, it would be most unwise to touch them.

I glanced back around the shed. One tractor. Otherwise, empty. Just a lot of straw-covered concrete floor, and two bodies under a tarp.

"Well, son of a bitch." I took a deep breath, and dropped the stiff canvas. "Son of a bitch. What'd you get me into, Fred?"

I heard the crunch of footsteps behind me. "Who you talkin' to?"

It was Mike.

"These two, here…"

He was still just outside the doorway, about eighteen inches behind me. I stepped aside, pointing to my discovery as he stepped over the threshold.

"These dudes," I said, holding up the same corner of the tarp.

"Holy shit," he said, quietly.

"Yeah." I released the corner of the tarp. Being frozen, it very slowly fell back toward its original position. "We better get out of here, before I disturb any more than I have. We're gonna need the crime lab up here on this one."

"Yeah." He stared at the slowly descending tarp. "Any idea what killed 'em?"

"Not the faintest." I pulled my muffler up about my face. "Nobody's in the house, far as I know, but there's some evidence in there. These two might have been done in the house. No idea how. Just remember we don't let anybody in…"

"Okay." He looked up toward the house, then back at the shed. "Are these Fred's two cousins?"

"I dunno," I sighed. "Don't let anybody say anything to Fred, yet."

"Sure," said Mike.

"I suppose he's now a murder suspect… but don't say that." I doubted that he really was, but we had to be safe.

"Right. Yeah. So, what? Just leave him with John when he gets here?"

"Yeah. For right now. Just don't talk to him." Fred was officially in custody, and Mirandized, but I didn't want anybody talking to him without him having access to an attorney. I wasn't a raging liberal, it was just that there was absolutely no reason to blow a case at this point. Time to start dotting the i's and crossing the t's in earnest. I looked around the shed. "I sure as hell hope there aren't any more in here."