Day drinking? she said, mock offended. It’s not day drinking if I start after five,
April stood there, looking stunned at what she had done, and looking, in panic, at the shotgun on the riverbed. It must have slipped from her hands. And Riley watched in horror as the current caught i...
Work and would not be able to take her call. She left him a message that she now regretted as she wheeled her suitcases to the front door. It had been brief and even now, as she looked around at the h...
When conducting an investigation, guarding against making assumptions and setting aside preconceptions about people.
House. It was a basic little house situated on the outskirts of a middle-class neighborhood. The grass had been recently cut, but the small flower beds bordering the tiny set of stairs to the front do...
What do we do now? Keri asked. Meet me at your car in five minutes. I have to wrap a few things up. Where are we going? To get drunk, he answered.
Susan Kellerman understood the need to dress nicely. She was representing her company and trying to win over new buyers, so her appearance went a long way. What she did not understand, though, was why...
Special Agent Brent Meredith shut the thick manila envelope stuffed with photographs and written reports with a note of satisfied finality. Riley felt the same satisfaction, and she was sure that Bill...
Some afternoons she lingered there, watching dogs tear across the wood chip–covered ground after tennis balls. But not today. Today, she walked
She and Zack had moved in together a little over a year ago, trying to take every possible step they could in their relationship that might prevent marriage for as long as possible. Mackenzie felt tha...
McGrath looked to Ellington, silently giving him the floor. There’s a new program for the top-ranked agents coming out of the Academy. We’re just now getting it off
I wasn’t taken, Doctor, because I attracted it, she said. I was taken because there are psychos out there. * Riley
I was even doing an internship for my master’s when I realized I couldn’t handle it. Dealing with children’s emotional problems was too much for me. So I switched.
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But as she looked over at Kyle, she couldn’t help but smile. They were officially moved in.
Got a lot of energy, she said, trying to sound admiring. I’d like to bottle it. Yeah, Mel agreed. He’s a piece of work. But I love him. It’s weird how stuff that annoys other people is charming when i...
Anything, it made her anxious; why put the time and energy into planting something if you were working against the weather to make sure it stayed alive?
Wonder what? Porter asked. Mackenzie, never one for beating around the bush, answered for Nelson. Why he’s decided to go active now, she said. Then she added: And when he’ll kill again.
She yanked as hard as she could, bringing her arms forward. Her shoulders screamed in agony, but she was instantly free. There was a slight burn as the rope caught the top of her hand, but that was no...
She stepped away from the door, letting it slowly swing open. She could feel the fresh air from the other side of the door and she wondered if anything had ever felt so good in her life. She turned ar...