Cold Hearted. Beverly Barton
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Название: Cold Hearted

Автор: Beverly Barton

Издательство: Ingram

Жанр: Короткие любовные романы

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isbn: 9780786043330

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      PATTERN OF VICTIMS

      “You already know that Daniel Price was not Jordan Price’s first husband, don’t you?” Maleah asked.

      “Yeah,” Rick said. “So what?”

      “She was a widow when she married the senator, so now at the ripe old age of thirty-four, she’s been widowed twice. Actually, she was almost widowed three times.”

      “Explain.”

      “When she was twenty-one, she was engaged to a man named Robby Joe Wright. Three weeks before their wedding, he died in a one-car accident. Then a few years later, when the lady was in her late twenties, she lost husband number one, Boyd Brannon, in a hunting accident, and now her second husband supposedly committed suicide. Odd, don’t you think, that three men who loved Jordan Price have died?”

      “Are you saying you think she killed all three men?”

      “Maybe. Possibly. I’m going to dig deeper and find out if she gained financially from Robby Joe Wright’s death or Boyd Brannon’s death. Want to bet me that she did?”

      A sick feeling hit Rick in the pit of his stomach. “If I was sure the lady was innocent, I’d take you up on that bet.”

      “But you’re not sure, are you? You’re wondering, just like I am, if maybe Jordan Price is a black widow…”

      Books by Beverly Barton

      AFTER DARK

      EVERY MOVE SHE

      MAKES

      WHAT SHE

      DOESN’T KNOW

      THE FIFTH VICTIM

      THE LAST TO DIE

      AS GOOD

      AS DEAD

      KILLING HER

      SOFTLY

      CLOSE ENOUGH

      TO KILL

      MOST LIKELY

      TO DIE

      THE DYING

      GAME

      THE MURDER

      GAME

      COLD HEARTED

      SILENT KILLER

      DEAD

      BY MIDNIGHT

      DON’T CRY

      DEAD

      BY MORNING

      DEAD

      BY NIGHTFALL

      DON’T SAY

      A WORD

      JUST THE WAY

      YOU ARE

      THE RIGHT WIFE

      (available as an e-book)

      Published by Kensington Publishing Corporation

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      PINNACLE BOOKS are published by

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      Copyright © 2008 Beverly Beaver

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of the publisher, excepting brief quotes used in reviews.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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      ISBN-13: 978-0-7860-4329-3

      ISBN-10: 0-7860-4329-6

      First Zebra mass market paperback printing: September 2008

      First Pinnacle edition: August 2019

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      Printed in the United States of America

      Pinnacle electronic edition: August 2019

      ISBN-13: 978-0-7860-4333-0 (e-book)

      ISBN-10: 0-7860-4333-4 (e-book)

      Contents

      Prologue

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Chapter 13

      Chapter 14

      Chapter 15

      Chapter 16

      Chapter 17

      Chapter 18

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