The Escape Artist by Chamberlain Diane

Author:Chamberlain, Diane [Chamberlain, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
Published: 2010-10-15T05:00:00+00:00

She skipped coffee on the porch the following morning, telling Lucy she had to start her work early. That was the truth. She needed to get a good start on her typing for the day, because as soon as the library opened, she planned to be there.

She intentionally drove past the office of Sellers, Sellers, and Wittaker on her way to the library. It took her in the wrong direction, but she needed to see the destruction for herself. The front of the office building was blackened and police tape was stretched around the perimeter. Several people stood on the sidewalk, gawking at the wreckage.

In the library, she found a picture book to keep Cody occupied while she sorted through back issues of the local newspaper until she found the edition for September 28. The article she dreaded finding leaped out at her from the front page: WOMAN KILLED IN EXPLOSION. There was a picture of the house on Labrador Lane, with its sagging front porch and pretty garden, and beneath it the caption: Katherine Nabors, 47, was killed by a bomb left in a package outside her front door.

The room began to spin, and Kim closed her eyes. By some bizarre twist of fate, she had a hit list on her hands. But why these people? Why a housewife and a law firm? And what was the meaning of the 2 children, 2 adults, the every damn day of the year? Who were the other people on the list? How could she warn them? What on earth was she going to do?

She could hardly go to the police with the list. There would be far too many questions and far too much explaining to do, and that would put a quick end to her low profile. But she couldn't simply ignore the information, either.

The next name on the list was that of a man. Ryan Geary, 770 Pioneer Way, Annapolis, 51, elderly couple, November 13, 9 p.m.

November 13. She had nearly a month to figure out what to do. Maybe she could write anonymously to the local newspaper. Would the authorities have some way of tracing a letter? The television images of that young mother and her two small children filled her head. If only she'd made the connection before. If only she'd recognized that address on Labrador Lane as having been on the list in her computer, maybe she could have somehow prevented that tragedy. It was frightening to think that the previous owner of her computer might be a calculating murderer, and she was suddenly relieved that Computer Wizard had not cared enough to inform him that she had stumbled across his files.

She checked out a few books for Cody and then drove to the city dock to eat a take-out lunch on her favorite bench above the water. Usually an hour by the water calmed her, but this afternoon nothing could ease her anxiety. She gave up trying to eat, throwing away most of the fish and chips she'd bought, then began pushing the stroller aimlessly around town.

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