Kindle Edition
Haunted Heart
Category:
Action/Thriller
Type: Fiction
Price: $3.99 (eBook)
Book three of the mystery/paranormal series, featuring Jane Doe, who can see the ghost of the murder victims. A secret to all except on of her squad, and her husband.
Jane Doe is now head of a special Cold Case squad. Her first cold case seems to have something in common with her husband's latest patient, having nightmares of being murdered. and the case that, Steve Ho, now the head of Homicide, is investigationg of an eminent Heart Transplant Surgeon.
Jane, Olive & Steve become embroiled in a case that will surely haunt them all for years to come.
Excerpt
It was a rather cool Autumn morning. The northerly wind rustled the leaves in the trees near Bridgewater Lake. A young mother and her two children were walking their Labrador dog along the street behind the retirement village, adjacent to the lake and the surrounding gardens. The boy was carrying a plastic bag with some bread scraps from their breakfast, to feed to the lake's two resident white ducks. He ran ahead down the path that lead to the lake and called out, "Hurry up, mum. The ducks are hungry."
His mother, sister and dog caught up with him as he started to toss the bread toward the waddling ducks.
"Save some for your sister to throw."
"Okay, mum. Here's the rest," he replied and handed the bag over to his sister.
Five minutes later the happy family strolled further along the path, and then stopped at a gap in the reeds. The dog paddled out into the water to the length of his extender lead, the water lapping up to his tummy. He tugged further on the lead, nearly pulling the mother into the water.
"Macca, stop! Come back." She tugged on the lead, but he kept straining; his nose pointing a something further out in the lake.
"Macca...come!" she commanded. Her order was ignored. Her son took off his shoes and waded out a short distance to see what the dog was so interested in. He spun around, grabbed the dog's collar and pulled him back to the shore, his face flushed with excitement.
"Mum, there's a man swimming out there!"
She shortened the lead, commanded the dog to "sit and stay," and then handed the lead to her son.
"Wait there, you two, I'll have a look."
She also took off her shoes and went out into the cold water to see for herself. Two minutes later she was back on shore. Pale-faced and with hands trembling, she dialled 000 on her mobile.
"Police? There's a body floating in Bridgewater Lake!"
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