Who Killed Shelly Sinclair? by Cassidy Carla

Author:Cassidy, Carla [Cassidy, Carla]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

For the last week things had gotten weird. Daniel sat at his desk and stared toward the closed office door. He and Olivia had continued to work together each day and he’d followed her to and from the station, but she’d definitely been distant and a different kind of tension had sprung up between them.

It had been the kiss. It had been hot and sweet and had left him wanting so much more. It had also obviously been a big mistake, creating an awkwardness between them that he now both hated and regretted.

The problem wasn’t that she hadn’t responded to the kiss. She had. She’d responded with a fiery desire to match his. They just hadn’t talked about it the next day or any day since.

They’d spent the week talking to people, checking out alibis and interviewing Jimmy Tambor about the knife that had been found. Jimmy had nothing to offer them. The knives were not only served with a variety of meals, but also kept in a silverware container where the diners could just grab one if needed.

Dead ends. Daniel stared down at the list of names on his desk. It was a short list of potential suspects. At the top was Eric Baptiste, who had become friends with Shelly just before her death. Second on the list was Mac Sinclair. Shelly wouldn’t have been afraid to meet her brother at the bench by the swamp in the middle of the night.

Last on the list was Neil Sampson, a long shot but given his brief relationship with Savannah Sinclair and the fact that Shelly had mentioned she had a sticky situation on her hands, he had made the list. Bo wasn’t listed as a suspect, but he wasn’t completely cleared, either. It was just a gut instinct that both Daniel and Olivia shared that he was innocent.

Frustration welled up inside Daniel. It was possible the person who had murdered Shelly wasn’t even on the damned list. To further the insult of the stymied investigation into Shelly’s death was the fact that they had not gotten any closer to finding the person who had delivered the trashed dog or had attacked Olivia.

He looked up to see Deputy Emma Carpenter knocking on Olivia’s door. She entered and closed the door behind her. For the past six mornings, Olivia had been calling in the deputies one by one for interviews.

Daniel had no idea what kind of timeline Olivia had here in Lost Lagoon. He did know that when she finished her internal investigation into any corruption left in the department, then a special election would be held for a new sheriff and she would return to her home in Natchez.

It was as if for the past week she’d been working especially hard on the internal investigation and not as much on the Sinclair case. It was as if she was suddenly eager to put Lost Lagoon...and him behind her.

He shouldn’t have kissed her. But she’d looked so darned kissable, and he’d been unable to stop himself from following through on his need to taste her sweet lips again.

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