By Amanda Matetsky
Spunky Nineteen Fifties detective Paige Turner unearths herself embroiled in a messy homicide secret with the killer scorching on her heels. She'll desire all her abilities to trace him down--before she turns into his subsequent sufferer.
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We stepped out onto the icy sidewalk. The air was so cold it was hard to breathe; the snow so thick it was hard to see. “I’ll do my best,” I promised, benumbed and blinded by the bright white storm. Then I took Terry’s arm and held on for dear life as he escorted me up the block toward my o ffice. Chapter 4 DUCKING OUR HEADS AGAINST THE DRIVING snow, Terry and I helped each other stay on our feet as we skidded up the slippery sidewalk and across the slushy street to the tall, sand-colored brick building I worked in.
I chirped, pasting another phony smile on my kisser. Why do so many bosses feel they have a right to be rude? I gave Lenny a knowing wink, then took Mr. Crockett his morning fix of newsprint and caffeine. When I got back to my desk at the front of the workroom, Mike and Mario marched in. Mike Davidson was the tall, fair, flattopped assistant editor of the magazine, and Mario Caruso was the short, dark, ducktailed art director. Both were married and in their early thirties. They lived on opposite sides of town from each other, but for some weird reason I’d never been able to figure out, they almost always arrived at the office in tandem.
I told them a lot more, too. ” I nervously inquired. ” Since my homicide detective boyfriend’s precinct didn’t encompass West 26th, I was certain it wasn’t Dan Street, but I held my breath and mentally crossed my fingers anyway. “Sweeny,” Terry said. “Detective Sergeant Hugo Sweeny. ” Whew! My relief was palpable. I was eager to help Terry if I could, and I was raring to pursue the story of his sister’s murder, but if Dan had been working on the case, I would have had to decline. I would have had to bow out completely—or at least pretend to.