Forbidden Ground. Karen Harper
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Название: Forbidden Ground
Автор: Karen Harper
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Морские приключения
Серия: MIRA
isbn: 9781474008334
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“Including mine?”
“If you let me.”
“Just noting their location and size?”
“For starters, yes.”
“Okay. I’ll call you about that later, and we can do it together.”
Their gazes met and held. His arms around her tightened. He tilted his head and kissed her warmly, but lightly, quickly. She sensed he was holding back for some reason. He was distracted and must figure this wasn’t the time or place, darn him.
He hugged her again and was out the door. It wasn’t two minutes later her phone sounded—she had it programmed to play “Rule, Britannia!”—and she saw it was Carson again. Strange, but she’d actually hoped it was Grant, which was ridiculous since he’d just left.
“Carson, yes, I’m here.”
“Where in hell have you been? I’ve been worried sick. No weddings today to make you turn off your cell, right?”
“You won’t believe what happened. I went with Grant Mason to a local artist’s house to commission a carving and we found the man dead—with his skull crushed. And by his own carving—he uses tree trunks—which had the Adena pipe figure on it, like he was psychic that was what I’d order—that and a Beastmaster mask.”
“What? Slow down. Unbelievable! A freak accident?”
“His place had been ransacked when his wife was away. She has an alibi—more or less—so it must have been thieves.”
“I can’t believe you got yourself into that. Are you all right? Is it safe for you to be staying there alone at your sister’s place, with lunatics like that loose?”
“I’m not afraid to be out here.”
“Anyone you could stay with?”
“Carson, I haven’t lived here for years and I was young when I left, but I’ll be fine. It might have been a big happy time for my father to be back here seeing old friends, but not me, so I don’t have anywhere else to stay.”
“So how did that go—with your father?”
“Not that well—for me, anyway. I remember what he was like, though Tess and Char really don’t.”
“That’s my Kate. A mind like a steel trap.”
“But I’m sorry I didn’t ask about how your talk went. Things got so intense here—”
“Really? Have you convinced Grant Mason to let you excavate Mason Mound yet?”
“I’m working on it, but I can’t push. Besides, the murdered man was a good friend of his, and Grant recently had another personal setback.”
“That might make him more vulnerable.”
“You sound like you’re pushing me into his arms.”
“My darling, you’re the one who is desperate for links, so link away—within reason. I still think you and I could have a brilliant future. And proving the prehistoric Europe-America link could be our big break.”
They chatted about his talk at the Smithsonian. She realized it was so unlike him not to speak about himself first. But then, it wasn’t every day that a former research assistant and protégée of Dr. Carson Cantrell found a recently deceased corpse instead of an ancient one.
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