AKM01-06 - The Complete Capital of Texas Series: Books 1 to 6 by Lewis N C

Author:Lewis, N C [Lewis, N C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: amazon, cThriller
Amazon: B07MP3V56S
Published: 2018-12-27T23:00:00+00:00

Murder in the Bullock

Copyright © 2018 by N.C. Lewis

This is a work of fiction. The characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies or events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Chapter 1

Floyd Adams stood by the open patio door of his home office, cell phone in hand, peering through thick spectacles at the rain as it crashed down onto the deck. The house was large and elegant, with a view over the slow-moving river that snaked to the west of Austin. Floyd and Diana had lived there for ten of the twelve years they'd been married, and for most of those year's their two children, Johnny and Fay, ages nine and six, respectively, had lived there with them.

For a moment, Floyd closed his eyes thinking about Diana. She was always livening things up: singing in the morning, laughing through the evening, and when he first met her, they would dance all night. He hadn't done that in a long time, didn’t think he could now that middle age had him firmly in its grip.

Floyd opened his eyes and thought about his children and smiled. He could already see that they would be tall and athletic. Neither Johnny nor Fay had his dark hair nor podgy frame. "They have their own unique characteristics," Diana had said. "I love you Floyd, but wouldn’t want my kids to grow up looking like you. You are unique, one of a kind." He had often wondered about that, but couldn’t make up his mind what his wife had meant.

Where were they now? They had the week off school, and were probably playing in their bedrooms, barely aware of the heavy rain and flashes of lightning: Johnny carrying out bizarre experiments with his science kit, and Fay organizing her American Girl dolls. At least they weren't bothering him, interrupting his work.

On Wednesdays, the museum allowed him to work from home. It was one perk of being a curator at the Bullock Texas State History Museum. This Wednesday, despite the rain, he'd rather be in the office. He peered anxiously at his cell phone, hoping to see a text message that the Edwina Lutz figurines depicting the Battle of San Jacinto had arrived and were ready for his inspection.

Floyd's heart quickened at the thought of getting his hands on the tiny replicas of one of Texas' most celebrated battles. He'd spent several years gently pushing and cajoling the museum authorities to commission the pieces. Had he not been one of the country's leading authorities on Texas figurine art, he doubted the museum would have parted with the three hundred thousand dollars demanded by the artist, Edwina Lutz.

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