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I'm excited about the new book and thought I'd leave you this excerpt.

They both looked up, and the detective seemed as anxious as she was to find out what had happened in that apartment.


“I suppose the fact no one came to tell you, or there wasn’t any gunfire, means you can assume whoever did this is gone?”


He stiffened, looking down at her from his over-six-foot height. “We’re not in the business of assuming, Ms. Flynn.”


Still, he didn’t deny it and, after another glance upstairs, pointed to the floor in front of him. 
“Please wait here a moment.” With that, he took a few giant strides, missing several steps, and disappeared inside the deceased's apartment.


Fingers tapping on her thighs, she debated whether to go inside her apartment. “Do you think he doesn’t want me to speak to Dalton without him?” She spoke quietly, and Big Red seemed to nod. “It would make sense, since he doesn’t know us and whether we might have answers to who did this or why.”


Big Red ran up the stairs and sniffed at the door, then scampered back down to sit innocently at her side just as the detective came out. 


The detective nodded as if reassured she hadn’t budged and removed a pair of gloves before joining them on the landing. “Inside, please.”


The command was a little icy. What, if anything, had he found? Her mind raced. And who might it incriminate? Sugar and Sliced