Category: Mystery/Suspense Publisher: Up At Midnight
ISBN-10: 0990958914
Type: Fiction
Pages: 133
Copyright: 2004,2007, 2015
ISBN-13: 9780990958918
Temptation rides up in the form of Savannah’s new partner. Ennis Rutherford is from Texas and he promises good old fashioned Lone Star Lovin’. The trick is getting her to just saddle up.
Temptation strikes again in a whole different way when her abusive ex-boyfriend Toby Jackson arrives at the police station with his daughter in tow – and a demand. Find his missing wife. The case plunges Savannah into her painful past with Toby and she struggles to maintain her objectivity while fighting the urge to plug him for past sins. The biggest surprise comes during the investigation when she discovers he’s more twisted than she ever imagined…
The Savannah Stories is an ongoing series focusing on Detectives Savannah Prince and her partner, Ennis Rutherford.
Excerpt
“It’s not gonna work,” she told her sister Georgia that night at dinner. She stewed all day over it – well, when she wasn’t busy daydreaming about Ennis Rutherford, that was. Savannah gripped her fork harder, debating over whether to jab herself good and hard so she’d stop thinking about him.
“What’s not?”
“This new partner. His name’s Ennis Rutherford. Not Dennis but Ennis.” She speared her fork into the thick Omaha steak and began slicing off a piece with a little too much vehemence.
Her sister just stared at the utensils moving vigorously through the meat, “What’s wrong with him?”
“He’s too damn nice.”
Georgia laughed, “That’s why it won’t work?” She began cutting her own steak, but at a reasonable pace, “How many years have you prayed for a decent partner?”
“You don’t understand, Georgia. He’s nice. Like genteel nice, like Ashley Wilkes nice, like he won’t last nice.” She hacked at the steak, “And so good looking,” she finally sighed, giving her fork and knife a breather. “He’s right out of a men’s underwear catalog. I can’t work around someone like that. Talk about a Biblical temptation…”
Georgia’s green eyes sparkled, “And you get to work with him every day.”
Foregoing a smile, Savannah replied, “You’re not exactly helping.” She didn’t appreciate the trivial attitude Georgia chose to place on her current situation. This was serious. Savannah wasn’t paired with a “Hunk of the Month” she was paired with a “Hunk of a Lifetime”. No assembly required, all parts present and accounted for, even the friendly personality, generosity and perfect manners. “He won’t last because he’s too good to be true and then I’ll get yet another partner. I’ll be the only cop that their partners outnumber their years on the job.”
Georgia shrugged, “If he doesn’t last, at least you can act on those Biblical temptations you mentioned. Till then, enjoy the view.”
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While working on the set of a Hollywood horror movie, a simulated murder turns into a real homocide. Special effects artist Harri Lewis (aka Agent Proteus) steps in to try to solve the murder
