Sophie Littlefield - Bad Day 05 - A Bad Day for Romance by Sophie Littlefield

Author:Sophie Littlefield [Littlefield, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery: Cozy - Humor - Avenger - Missouri
ISBN: 1476710112
Publisher: Pocket Star
Published: 2013-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

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Despite the hour, it took Stella a while to get to sleep. She tried to banish thoughts of Goat, the way his big callused hands had felt on her ass on the two occasions when they’d roved southward, the silver chest hairs she’d once glanced peeking out of his chamois shirt. She imagined the rest of that broad torso, hard-muscled from Goat’s habit of paddling his kayak all over the lake to clear his mind. She wondered what it might be like to trace a path down to his belt with her fingernails, or how it would be to grab ahold of those shoulders for balance if, for instance, she should find herself on top of him.

It was when she began imagining what awaited the woman who managed to separate Goat from his pants that she knew she’d never sleep if she didn’t force herself to think of something else. Besides, an innocent—most probably—young woman was under suspicion for a heinous crime, and surely that deserved a little cogitation.

Tilly had texted her at some point in the evening, and Stella thought about her terse message. Taffy planning 2 sue Q. Valley sheriff dept. Pearline 99% sure she can get Div out but not interested in suing, thx for the rec BTW. Div says check Lexie Halburtson stage name Knight. Call me XOXO

It wasn’t the first time Stella had worked on one of her cases while flat on her back with her eyes closed. In her mind, she lined up the suspects she’d rounded up so far.

Divinity—there was still the matter of what she was doing with a bow in the woods, but if Chrissy was right, there was no way that a hundred-pound girl had been capable of killing Bryant with a crossbow. The bigger question was why she’d bothered lying at all if she was surprised by Bryant’s sudden demise.

The mysterious hunter—Stella figured this was as much a product of Divinity’s clumsy defense as her lame attempt to hide the bow under two inches of leaves.

Lexie Halburtson/Knight—since Divinity had called her “plus-size,” maybe the girl had the strength to operate the crossbow.

Surely Goat had thought of that, as well; he was no slouch, even if his approach to the law tended to be far more by the book and less out of the box than Stella’s. Of course, the case belonged to Quail Valley and the crime-scene team from Fayette, but she had to count on Goat’s professional curiosity spurring him to do a little sleuthing of his own. Tomorrow, they could compare notes and—

And that got her right back to where she’d been before, imagining sitting cozied up in a booth in the hotel coffee shop, heads bent together as Goat sketched out his thoughts on a place mat, their knees brushing against each other under the table. His hand would graze hers, and their eyes would meet; Goat would lose his train of thought and Stella would give him a little encouraging smile and gently guide his hand back to the paper, where the solution would be unfolding.

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