Hit List by Darcia Helle

Author:Darcia Helle
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: female detective gangs insanity psychological suspense women detectives detective fiction

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Lucianna woke to the sound of rain battering her window. She rolled over and glanced at the numbers on her alarm clock. Blinking the sleep away, she brought the numbers into focus and muttered, “Shit.” 7:42. She should have been up nearly two hours ago.

With a sigh, she pushed the covers off and stretched. Dylan looked up at her, his green eyes bleary with sleep. Lucianna frowned at him. “Why is it,” she asked him, “that you never fail to awaken me early on weekends? Yet when I need you to get me moving, you’re a lazy lump.”

Dylan gazed at her with disinterest, then closed his eyes and curled up in a ball. Ignoring her. Go figure.

By eight o’clock Lucianna had showered and dressed in jeans, a turtleneck, and a soft sloppy chambray shirt. She cursed herself for being so late. Ian would probably be at work by now. She’d wanted to catch him at home before he left. What she had to tell him wasn’t exactly conducive to a public conversation. But they’d both have to make do.

She grabbed the cordless phone off its base. Dylan looked up and meowed at her. As she dialed, she said, “Be patient. I’ll get your breakfast in a minute.”

A moment later Ian answered with a cheerful, “Good morning, Lucianna.”

Lucianna heard the smile in his voice and couldn’t help but smile herself. “Good morning,” she said. “Are you already at work?”

“I’m at Rob’s, my partner’s house,” Ian replied. “We’re just packing up the truck. Why, what’s up?”

“I need to talk to you. In person.”

“What’s going on? Do you know something about my mother?”

“Can you meet me at my office in about a half hour?” Lucianna asked. “It’s important.”

“Yeah. Sure.”

“Great. I’ll see you then.”

Lucianna clicked her phone off and rubbed Dylan under the chin. “C’mon you lazy bum. I have just enough time to feed you and make myself tea for the road.”

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