Pretty Broken Dolls: An absolutely gripping crime thriller packed with mystery and suspense (Detective Katie Scott Book 6) by Jennifer Chase

Author:Jennifer Chase [Chase, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781838888978
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2021-08-04T18:30:00+00:00

“Katie!” the voice yelled. “You alright? Katie!”

Katie tensed. Her hands felt sweaty against the gun grip as she wondered if someone was really calling her name.

Cisco barked three times.

“Katie!”

She knew she heard someone calling her that time. “We’re here!” she yelled back.

Carefully, with Cisco following, she managed to get to the top of the hill where there was a small flat ridge and sat down—waiting still with her gun in a prone position. The dog hunkered down next to her side.

“Katie!”

“We’re here!”

She still didn’t recognize the man’s voice. There was some thrashing just on the other side of the downed tree and climbing to the top was Special Agent Campbell.

“Agent Campbell?” she said completely stunned. “Where did you come from?”

“Let’s get you out of here first,” he said.

“How did you know I was here?” Immediately, she was suspicious: why had he happened to be there just when she needed help to scare away the mountain lion? “Why are you here?” she demanded as her usual senses came back to her.

“A long story,” he lamely answered. “Let’s get you to safer ground.” He was dressed in jeans and a heavy jacket. His blond hair was perfect, considering they were outdoors.

Katie was uneasy about the situation, but she took him up on his assistance.

It took about fifteen minutes for Katie to climb over the tree trunk, but it was much simpler for Cisco because he had trained for all types of agility moves over the years.

When Katie got on solid ground and shook off the thought of that tree sliding down the hillside taking her and Cisco with it, she realized and was grateful that someone knew that they had taken a fall.

She felt one hundred percent better as they walked to the parking lot and she saw two SUVs—one was her Jeep. Turning to Campbell she said, “Why are you here?”

“I was following you,” he said matter-of-factly.

“What?”

“It’s not what you think.”

“Oh, now you know what I think?”

He laughed and turned to her. “I had some questions for you. I called you twice. Go ahead and check your cell.”

Katie had forgotten all about her cell phone. She pulled it from her pocket, relieved that it was still in one piece, and to her surprise saw that he had called her—twice. “You did call.”

“That’s what I said.”

“Why did you call, and on a Sunday?”

“I needed to talk to you,” he said calmly.

She scrutinized him for a moment, trying to decide if he was as innocent as he was making it sound. “You still haven’t told me how you found me.”

“That’s easy. I tracked you by your phone. It’s easy these days…”

“Isn’t that—”

“Illegal? No, not really. I wanted to know where a homicide detective working my cases was and I found her.”

Katie walked to her Jeep, opened the back and pulled out some water for Cisco. She looked down and realized what an incredible mess she was. “Agent Campbell, I don’t know what kind of game you’re playing…”

He took a breath. “Dane.”

“Dane?”

“Yes, that’s my name.

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