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A wannabe lawman and his dotty gun-toting granddad
An abandoned mine pit
A curious dad and a very dead police chief
When Lalla and her dad take a trip to Arizona to inspect her new property, Dad disappears. Thankfully, Lalla enlists the help of a local tracker and finds him unharmed, but in the bottom of a mine pit.
Unfortunately, he's got company--a local police chief, and it looks like he's been murdered. Then too, a young woman artist living nearby has also been murdered. What're the chances that these two murders are going to be related? Well, if you're Lalla Bains, you don't guess, you start looking for the killer!
Chapter One: Wishbone, Arizona
Except for a lank rope and ancient boards loosely sheltering a deep hole in the desert terrain, my dad's brand new four-wheel-drive Jeep Wrangler sat coolly detached and totally unconcerned that its driver was nowhere around.
"It's an abandoned mine pit," Karen Paquette said, sliding off her backpack and pulling out a coiled length of nylon rope. "He probably fell in. Call to him, see if he answers."
With trepidation coloring my voice, I leaned over the hole. "Dad?"
A stone rolled down the side and someone cursed.
"I think he's down there," I whispered.
She nodded encouragement and I called again. "Can you hear me, Dad?"
His pale, dirt-smeared face came into view. He looked miserable, poor old guy.
He coughed, his voice echoed up the sides, weak and scratchy. "Yeah. I'm here."
"Are you okay? Is anything broken?"
"Back away from the damn hole will ya? You're knocking dirt in my face!"
"It's my dad all right," I said, and backed off from the edge. "Dad. Talk to me. Are you hurt?"
"I'm just fine and dandy."
I grinned. Since sarcasm and my dad were best friends, I figured he was simply embarrassed to be stuck in the bottom of a deep hole with no way out.
"If he's injured," Karen said, "I'll have to call for reinforcements."
"Trust me," I said, relief washing away my earlier tears. "If he's able to cuss at me, he's okay."
I wasn't supposed to be in Wishbone, Arizona, fearfully scouring the desert for my missing father.
I was supposed to be on my honeymoon, married at last to my sweetie, Sheriff Caleb Stone.
My Lalla Bains series is about a tall, blond and beautiful ex-model turned crop-duster who, to quote Lalla Bains, has "been married so many times they oughta revoke my license." Lalla is no Danielle Steele character & she's not afraid of chipping her manicure. Scratch that, the girl doesn't have time for a manicure what with herding a bunch of recalcitrant pilots and juggling work orders just to keep her father's flagging business alive.
Except for a lank rope and ancient boards loosely sheltering a deep hole in the desert terrain, my dad's brand new four-wheel-drive Jeep Wrangler sat coolly detached and totally unconcerned that its driver was nowhere around.
"It's an abandoned mine pit," Karen Paquette said, sliding off her backpack and pulling out a coiled length of nylon rope. "He probably fell in. Call to him, see if he answers."
With trepidation coloring my voice, I leaned over the hole. "Dad?"
A stone rolled down the side and someone cursed.
"I think he's down there," I whispered.
She nodded encouragement and I called again. "Can you hear me, Dad?"
His pale, dirt-smeared face came into view. He looked miserable, poor old guy.
He coughed, his voice echoed up the sides, weak and scratchy. "Yeah. I'm here."
"Are you okay? Is anything broken?"
"Back away from the damn hole will ya? You're knocking dirt in my face!"
"It's my dad all right," I said, and backed off from the edge. "Dad. Talk to me. Are you hurt?"
"I'm just fine and dandy."
I grinned. Since sarcasm and my dad were best friends, I figured he was simply embarrassed to be stuck in the bottom of a deep hole with no way out.
"If he's injured," Karen said, "I'll have to call for reinforcements."
"Trust me," I said, relief washing away my earlier tears. "If he's able to cuss at me, he's okay."
I wasn't supposed to be in Wishbone, Arizona, fearfully scouring the desert for my missing father.
I was supposed to be on my honeymoon, married at last to my sweetie, Sheriff Caleb Stone.
I sort of fell into the job of running a crop-dusting business when my dad decided he'd rather go on a cruise than take another season of lazy pilots, missing flaggers, testy farmers and horrific hours. After two years at the helm, I handed him back the keys and fled to a city without any of the above. And no, I was never a crop-duster.
My Lalla Bains series is about a tall, blond and beautiful ex-model turned crop-duster who, to quote Lalla Bains, has "been married so many times they oughta revoke my license." Lalla is no Danielle Steele character & she's not afraid of chipping her manicure. Scratch that, the girl doesn't have time for a manicure what with herding a bunch of recalcitrant pilots and juggling work orders just to keep her father's flagging business alive.
Dead Red Mystery Series:
A Dead Red Cadillac
A Dead Red Heart
A Dead Red Oleander
A Dead Red Alibi
Coming in 2015--A Dead Red Miracle
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Loved the excerpt! I haven't read this author, but I have I feeling I would enjoy these mysteries... Great post!
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ReplyDeleteI'll definitely check it out. Thanks!!
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