Death by Dinosaur_A Sam Stellar Mystery by Jacqueline Guest

Author:Jacqueline Guest [Guest, Jacqueline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: bones, Teenagers, Science, detective, paleontology, girls, Young Adult, Mystery, Thriller, prehistoric, work, fossils, Alberta, summer, dinosaurs, Suspense
ISBN: 9781550509465
Publisher: Coteau Books
Published: 2018-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

At the boarding house, all the lights were off. The trio said good night quietly and crept off to their beds.

Sam lay sleepless for a long time watching the shadows dance on the ceiling. “Paige, are you still awake?” she whispered.

“No.” The terse answer came from under the covers on Paige’s bed.

“I know you’re ticked off with me about Jackson…” Sam wasn’t sure her cousin understood the big picture. “You’re simply not looking at the facts logically.”

Paige poked her head out from under the duvet. “I’m not being logical! You’re not being realistic. Jack is star material and wouldn’t think of doing anything crooked.” She waved perfectly manicured fingers in Sam’s direction, silencing her. “I know, your so-called evidence – Jack going to Colombia, Agent D probably being from Colombia, Jack being the last person left alone with the fossil before it disappeared, and, of course, the ten thousand dollars. All circumstantial, which is what any good defence lawyer would say.” Her voice was rising at an alarming rate. “You, girl, have no faith in your fellow man…or guy.” She punched her pillow and then flopped back down on it.

Sam remained quiet.

“Well?” Paige’s tone left no doubt as to how angry she still was.

“I’m thinking,” Sam said. “And you know what I’m thinking?”

“I couldn’t begin to guess with the way that twisted little brain of yours works.”

Sam ignored Paige’s dig and propped her head up as she leaned on one elbow. “Jackson’s a cool guy. I don’t want him to be a crook either.”

“A-r-r-r-g-g-g-h! Paige groaned. “What about the stupid evi-dence?” Paige’s voice was a little strangled, which was probably what she wanted to do to Sam.

“I know, I built the case, remember? I have a weird feeling, as though we’re missing something, something right out in the open I can’t quite put my sticky little fingers on. I need more intel to put this whole thing together.”

“Great! First you throw him under the bus with this airtight case, practically convicting poor Jack, and then you flip-flop on it because of a weird feeling? Come on, Sheriff, make up your mind.” Paige halted mid-tirade. “If all this is real, then there’s something you should worry about, Sam. Whoever stole the bone probably arranged your accident and could arrange another you might not walk away from.”

Ignoring the obvious danger, Sam sat up. “There’s only one thing left to do.”

“What now, the RCMP? The FBI? Spiderman?” Paige pulled her newly fluffed pillow over her head.

“No, Furbrain. I have to find that fossil. Find the bone and we find the answers. Answers that could explain Jackson’s involvement, maybe even clear him.” Sam rearranged her own pillow in an effort to lessen the lumps.

“We know Agent D already has the fossil. We saw him leave with it.”

Paige’s logic was less than flawless.

“Nope, cousin, we saw Agent D leaving. We don’t know he had the fossil. It could still be at the museum. In fact, if I were trying to hide a fossil, I think a museum full of fossils would be a pretty darn good place to stash one.

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