epub |eng | 2024-02-10 | Author:James Schoech [Schoech, James]

Chapter 11 Good Cop, Bad Cop Football season ended in disaster. As Valeria had predicted when we first met, our local professional team had indeed kicked Buffalo’s ass, but that ...

epub |eng | 2024-04-16 | Author:Caimh McDonnell [McDonnell, Caimh]

THE WATCHER’S WATCH Detective Sergeant Gar O’Keefe took the proffered cup of takeaway coffee from Detective Sinead Bonner. He took a sip and nodded appreciatively. “Thanks Sinead, hits the spot.” ...

epub |eng | 2024-03-06 | Author:C J Powell [Powell, C J]

The Bureau “Come on, you.” Before Sadie has the chance to take it all in, Devika grabs her by the elbow and leads her across the immense reception area where ...

epub |eng | 2023-07-14 | Author:Dorian Box [Box, Dorian]

Chapter 25 Sunday at the shop had been slow, aggravating Jessica’s already pent-up vexation. Her father still hadn’t called and continued to ignore their calls, even after she left a ...

epub |eng | 2022-02-10 | Author:Jesi Kellis [Kellis, Jesi]

Chapter 27 Milo scrolls down my phone. “Which do you like best? Indoor skating rinks, gun shows, or county fairs?” “I don’t like any of those things.” I continue to ...

epub |eng | 2024-03-26 | Author:Ward Parker [Parker, Ward]

Chapter 15 Ackney Treatment Transitioning from working nights caring for vampires to working normal daytime hours had been difficult for me. I still saw some vampire patients, like my visit ...

epub |eng | 2024-01-15 | Author:Ward Parker [Parker, Ward]

After we gave our statements to Shortle, Matt and I drove to our usual beachside cafe for brunch. I hoped it would lighten our moods. It didn’t. I don’t know ...

epub |eng | 2020-09-02 | Author:Patrick E. McLean [McLean, Patrick E.]

At 8:30 Talmadge was shown to the “defense team room.” A sheriff’s deputy, this one thin and nervous-looking, said he would send the others up as soon as they arrived. ...

epub |eng | 2024-01-11 | Author:J. Edwards Holt [Holt, J. Edwards]

Chapter Twenty-One March 4, 456 A.T. The girl offers Besse a biscuit, but the child does not swallow. She paces the tiny space. “Who did this to you, Besse?” she ...

epub |eng | 2020-06-22 | Author:D. M. Sinclair [Sinclair, D. M.]

epub |eng | 2023-06-09 | Author:C J Powell [Powell, C J]

BAD CALL The night air was still and calm. The street always so eerily quiet so early in the morning. No birds sang. No cars rattled past on the main ...

epub |eng | 2021-08-11 | Author:Alex Lancer [Lancer, Alex]

Chapter 11: Perils Jeffrey had left the locker room and picked up his usual double expresso macchiato, but by the time he was climbing up the back stairs he had ...

epub |eng | 2014-05-05 | Author:Alastair Puddick [Puddick, Alastair]

CHAPTER 25 GEORGE had often wondered how he might react in a robbery. Like most people, he had mused about how his brain would cope in such a high-stress situation. ...

epub |eng | 2002-01-11 | Author:Jack Williamson [Williamson, Jack]

Fourteen She slowed the car at last, to turn from the highway into a broad drive which curved between massive masonry pillars toward a long mansion which loomed massive as ...

epub |eng | 2024-01-16 | Author:Andrew Diamond [Diamond, Andrew]

19 “The problem is,” McElwee said as they exited the diner, “I don’t know where she lives. It’s not something you ask your longtime lover over dinner or in bed.” ...