The Shark (Forgotten Files Book 1) by Mary Burton

Author:Mary Burton [Burton, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503934474
Published: 2016-05-24T04:00:00+00:00

It was six thirty when Riley pushed through the front door. She’d been on her feet for nearly fifteen hours. That was nowhere near a first in her career, but that didn’t stop her from feeling dog-ass tired.

Before she could examine the package on the kitchen table, Cooper barked in his crate and she opened the door. He barked again, demanding she rub his ears. As she dropped her purse and hooked his leash, she saw the note.

Hound walked one hour ago. I’m at triathlon practice. (Swimming, yuck.) Home by seven or eight.

Hanna

P.S. A package arrived for you.

With Cooper tugging on the line, she kicked off her work shoes and slid her feet into her running shoes. Cooper’s walk took less than fifteen minutes before they were back inside, and her attention turned to the package Hanna had mentioned in her note.

The box was the size of a shoe box and wrapped in brown paper. There was no postage or any shipping company information. And Hanna’s quick note did nothing to help with the mystery. She reached in her back pocket and texted Hanna, confirming her ETA.

Seconds later: Twenty minutes.

Who sent the package?

Don’t know. Was sitting on front porch when I came by the house.

She stared at the box, frowning. She didn’t like surprises. Thanks. See you in twenty.

She moved to the fridge and grabbed a diet soda. Popping the top, she turned back toward the box. She unclipped her gun and set it in a lockbox on top of the refrigerator.

Picking up the package, she shook it gently. It wasn’t her birthday. Duke would have texted her if he were sending over something. And seeing as her dating skills had atrophied, it wasn’t from any secret admirer. Or Bowman.

As Cooper settled on his dog bed by the couch, she sat and dug her fingernail under the tape securing the end. She ripped open the tape and pulled the paper apart, revealing a simple brown box. No label. Plain. She hesitated. It was likely nothing special. Still, she retrieved latex gloves and slipped them on her hands.

Lifting the lid, she moved slowly as if she half expected a snake to jump out. Instead, she found a DVD in a case nestled in a bed of white tissue.

She lifted the DVD and removed it from its case. The disk was neatly marked with a white label reading “Round Five.”

Holding up the DVD, she checked the back for any identification, but there was none. She moved to a small TV. She didn’t have cable, and on the rare times she watched television, she streamed it live through her computer. But inserting a strange DVD into her computer was not an option, so she popped it into the old DVD player and switched on the television. The image was gray and grainy, and for a ten-second count she saw nothing. She leaned forward, ready to switch off the television, when the image of a room came into focus. It was a nice room. Thick, lush carpet, cream drapes in the background that pooled at the bottom.

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