Superstition by Karen Robards

Author:Karen Robards
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin USA, Inc.
Published: 2011-11-24T19:20:19+00:00

FOR A MOMENT, Joe didn’t say a word. He just stood there against the backdrop of night sky and waving sea oats and the peaked roof of Twybee Cottage and frowned at her. Then, still wordless, he pulled open the left side of his jacket and let her see his shoulder holster, stark against his white shirt. She could just make out the dull black gleam of a businesslike pistol peeking out of it. The sight was reassuring.

“Feel better?” he asked. His tone had a snarky quality to it that told her he was once again in a snit. Apparently, he hadn’t liked her asking about his gun.

Luckily, his mood swings weren’t her problem.

Nicky nodded tranquilly and, since she really had no choice, considering the drama that was no doubt still playing out back at the house, turned and went down the steps to the beach. The wind was much less intense once she was no longer ten feet above the earth, and she was able to let go of her hair by the time her feet touched the sand. She tucked it behind her ears, which was enough to keep it out of her face. Joe followed her down, joining her as, from habit, she started walking toward the little cluster of hotels and bars and souvenir shops that anchored the north end of the island. For as long as she could remember, there had been commercial development of one kind or another on that site; as little girls, she and Livvy had often walked down there to play games in the long-since-vanished arcade, or to get ice cream at the also long-since-vanished sandwich shop. The distant glow from the lights of the establishments there now made a small oasis of brightness in the dark.

“You know that coming back here was stupid, obviously, or you wouldn’t have asked me if I had a gun,” Joe said.

She’d been right. He was in a snit.

“Probably.”

The thing was, she no longer felt like quarreling. She was tired, still a little shaken from her first bona fide ghost-sighting, worried about her sister, worried about her job, and worried about dying—probably not exactly in that order. Plus, he was the first man in a while who had the ability to make her heart go pitter-pat, even while he was scowling at her. That, she decided, was something worth exploring. How long had it been since she’d had any kind of romance in her life? The short answer was, way too long.

“Probably? You think it’s probably stupid to put yourself within reach of a vicious killer who’s already tried to murder you once and seems to have you parked right at the top of his buddy list? What does it take to make stupid a certainty for you? Imminent death?”

Of course, sarcasm wasn’t her favorite male trait. It wasn’t even in her top ten.

“Look, it’s really none of your business, is it?”

“The hell it isn’t. I’m the Chief of Police, remember? It’s my job to keep people from getting murdered around here.

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