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Dead in a Park
By B.L. Blair
Leah Norwood Mystery, Book 2
Publisher: B.L. Blair
Release Date: November 12,
2015
Genre: Mystery/Female Sleuth/Romance
Format: eBook/Print
Length: 177 Pages (1949KB)
ISBN: 9780990658443
ASIN: B013VYOZBG
About the book:
When
Leah Norwood finds the body of Donald Collins in the city park, she doesn’t
know he is a distant relative. Young Donnie was a jewel thief and a career
criminal. Hidden in the lining of his suit jacket was an exact replica of a
ring that has been in Leah’s family for over a hundred years. After her home is
burglarized, the sexy chief of police is convinced the ruby ring has something
to do with the murder.
Leah wants to find out what
happened to Donnie, but why would someone kill for a hundred year old ring? She
discovers a connection between Donnie and the drug-dealing Cantono family,
between the Cantono family and a jewelry appraiser, and between the jewelry
appraiser and one of her own employees. Chief Griggs might be onto something.
All clues lead back to the family ring.
EXCERPT“Was he murdered?” I asked softly.“Oh, yes. It was murder,” Griggs replied.The last time I found a body it had never occurred to me that the police would consider me a suspect. As a law-abiding citizen, I had just assumed that people knew I was innocent. My experience with the police showed me I was wrong. I looked at both Griggs and Reddish.“Please tell me you don’t think I killed him.”Griggs snorted. “No, we don’t think you killed him. He was taller than you, and his neck was broken. No way could you have done that.”“It was fast and neat,” Reddish added and then turned to Griggs. “Probably someone with military or combat training.”“Someone who knows how to kill with their hands,” Griggs said softly.I swallowed. Candace had shot and killed two people in December and tried to kill me twice. She had been crazy, her behavior unexpected and unpredictable, which had made the situation scary. This sounded worse. A person who was calm and rational murdering someone with their bare hands was chilling. And I couldn’t forget about the weird shoe thing.“Did you find his shoes?”“No,” Griggs replied, turning toward me.“Why would someone want his shoes?”“Who knows? There wasn’t much of a struggle, although there were multiple sets of footprints. But all appeared to be made by people wearing shoes.” He turned away from me and back toward Reddish. “Between Leah and her dog stomping around, I doubt we’ll get any viable footprints.”“Hey,” I said indignantly. Both men ignored me.“Let’s keep the area secure anyway,” Griggs continued. “Send a team out to see if they can find anything. Maybe the shoes will show up somewhere else in the park.”
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
B. L. Blair writes simple and
sweet romance and mystery/romance stories. Like most authors, she has been
writing most of her life and has dozens of books started. She just needs the
time to finish them.
She is the author of the
Holton Romance Series and the Leah Norwood Mysteries. She enjoys reading books,
writing books, and traveling wherever and as often as time and money allows. She
is currently working on her latest book set in Texas, where she lives with her
family.
Website: http://www.blblair.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/blblair100
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blblair100
Leah Norwood Mysteries
Blog: http://leahnorwoodmysteries.blogspot.com/
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