Trick Or Treat Murder. Leslie Meier
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Название: Trick Or Treat Murder
Автор: Leslie Meier
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Ужасы и Мистика
Серия: A Lucy Stone Mystery
isbn: 9780758295248
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TRICK OR TREAT MURDER
Lucy was just tucking Zoe’s arms and legs into a stretchy little suit when the music on the radio ended and the announcer read the news tease.
“Police say a suspicious Tinker’s Cove fire claimed the life of at least one victim. More in a moment.”
“Oh, no,” Lucy muttered as she settled herself in the rocking chair with Zoe. She wondered who the victim could have been.
Lucy bent down and sniffed Zoe’s clean baby scent. It was the best smell in the world. Just then the announcer’s voice interrupted her reverie.
“The fire that destroyed the Hopkins Homestead early Tuesday morning also claimed the life of its owner, Monica Mayes.”
Lucy sat motionless as the information sank in. Gradually, grief engulfed her and tears ran down her face.
“No, not Monica,” she whispered.
“This means we are no longer investigating a case of arson.” Lucy recognized Police Chief Oswald Crowley’s voice, in a recorded sound bite. “This is now a homicide investigation.”
Homicide? Lucy thought. Who would want to kill Monica?
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Published by Kensington Publishing Corporation
A Lucy Stone Mystery
Trick or Treat MURDER
LESLIE MEIER
KENSINGTON BOOKS
KENSINGTON PUBLISHING CORP.
http://www.kensingtonbooks.com
For Mommy,
who always wore her real pearls
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
CHAPTER THIRTY
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
EPILOGUE
PREVIEW
PROLOGUE
“I could just kill him.”
Monica Mayes pressed the gas pedal of her little BMW to the floor and zoomed around a pokey Dodge Caravan, cutting it a bit too close as she pulled back into her lane. The driver of the Caravan braked, and the van swerved, but Monica didn’t notice.
“How could he do this to me?” she asked herself, pulling out the cigarette lighter. With a trembling hand she held it to the end of a Virginia Slim and took a long, slow draw. No longer used to the smoke, she hadn’t had a cigarette in years, she coughed.
“He’s not worth it,” she decided, tossing the cigarette out the window. She was damned if she was going to sacrifice her health for him. He’d gotten enough from her already. Thirty-two years of marriage, three grown children.
Tears welled in her eyes. She couldn’t believe how much it hurt, actual physical pain. Her chest ached with every breath; she could hardly swallow. He’d never laid a finger on her, but she felt bruised and beaten anyway.
She hadn’t seen that final blow coming. If she had she might have taken care to avoid СКАЧАТЬ