Beneath Blackwater River: A totally gripping, addictive and heart-pounding crime thriller (Detective Kay Sharp Book 2) by Leslie Wolfe

Author:Leslie Wolfe [Wolfe, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781800194991
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2021-04-22T16:00:00+00:00

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Thoughts

Kay started her drive toward Redding, but after crossing the valley she reached the top of the hill and pulled into Katse Coffee Shop’s parking lot. The sun was shooting side rays, already too weak to fight the chill rolling down from the mountain slopes. Soon it would disappear behind Mount Chester, starting a long twilight that commenced two hours before the actual sunset. A trip to Redding and back would put her into early evening, and she’d already skipped lunch. Deciding to grab a coffee refill and a fresh croissant, she mitigated her guilt by making it a working lunch.

The outdoor patio had been closed for the season and the tables had been piled up one on top of another, chained against the fence. The chairs were gone, probably stored somewhere inside. Out of quiet options for a peaceful working lunch, she decided to go inside after all.

She took her order from the counter and found a table, but the place was crowded, and the loud chatter drowned her own thoughts. Realizing that wasn’t going to work as planned, she opted for the SUV instead, and sat behind the wheel with the door open, to let the crisp air of the afternoon fill her lungs while she munched on the warm butter croissant. No one made croissants just like Katse; crisp, flaky, light pastry, perfectly golden and delicately sweet. Through the windshield, the chilly sunshine still managed to warm her up and lift her spirits, giving her confidence she could decipher the entangled mystery of the Blackwater River Falls girl.

Who was she, really?

Was she Rose Harrelson? Then why had she become Alyssa Caldwell, and how? Did someone snatch Rose and replace Alyssa, without anyone in the family––parents, grandparents, siblings––noticing the difference? Why would anyone do that, and what happened to the real Alyssa Caldwell?

Because one thing was absolutely certain: even if, at some point, Rose had become Alyssa, originally, there used to be two little girls, born four months apart from each other. There were full hospital records on file for both of them, with photos and all.

Staring in the distance at the snow-covered peaks of Mount Chester profiled against the blue sky, she let her mind wander, playing with scenarios the way children play with Legos. Putting them together, to see if she liked the configuration, if it fit, then taking it apart and building another with the same pieces.

There used to be two little girls, Alyssa and Rose.

Then there was just one.

She finished the croissant and stretched her legs outside the SUV, brushing off the crumbs that littered her pants and sweater. After wiping her hands on a tissue dipped in hand sanitizer spritzed from the small bottle she kept in the second cup holder between the seats, she waved her hands in the air, to dry them out, then fired up her laptop.

She reviewed the case notes from Rose Harrelson’s file, and looked at the aged photo. Then she pulled one of Alyssa’s older pictures from the internet, taken at her fourth birthday party.

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