The Police Chief's Lady

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Jacqueline Diamond

Год написания книги

2018

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“I’m going to clear my name. Whether you help me or not. It’ll make a terrific story when I run it. Maybe I’ll even get a chance at the big time, after all. Chris threw my whole life off track. I only went along that night to do him a favor. He has to pay for what he did.”

“Make sure you stay on the right side of the law.”

“I’m not stupid. The last thing I’d risk is being charged with another crime.”

“Please keep me informed of what you find.” Ethan wished he didn’t have to leave it at that. However, he couldn’t get involved in a personal vendetta.

Unfortunately, he could tell from Barry’s narrowed eyes that the man wasn’t likely to give up. And that he now considered Ethan an obstacle, if not an outright antagonist.

FOR A WHILE after Ethan went upstairs, the conversation centered on police matters. Jenni was puzzled to learn that someone had been stealing family portraits.

“Just the pictures?” she asked. “Nothing else?”

“Not that anyone has mentioned,” Gwen told her. “Except the frames, of course.”

“It might be just the first step,” Rosie warned. “This man could be studying his victims and planning to murder them in their sleep.”

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