THE ILL-GOTTEN
INSURANCE--Book Two in the Minx Tobin Murder Mystery Series
Author: Susanne Marie Knight
Genre: Murder Mystery
Romance
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Blurb:
Minx’s dead friend turns up
alive... but not for long. Will the life insurance have to be paid twice?
DEAD
AGAIN
An
odd string of coincidences leads Minx Tobin to an old friend, Bill Gutierrez.
Only Bill died five years ago. Before Minx has a chance to question the man, he
turns up dead... again, with a slip of paper in his pocket with her name on it.
Whether she likes it or not, Minx is involved in another murder. Will the Case
of the Ill-gotten Insurance turn out to be deadly for her as well?
Los
Angeles homicide lieutenant Gabe Harris regrets that the fitness trainer who
piqued his interest is a murder suspect once again. But at least he has a
legitimate reason to see Minx. Maybe he can even convince her to go out with
him. And maybe he can prevent L.A.’s newest murderer from adding Minx to his...
or her fatality list.
Scene Set-Up:
Homicide lieutenant Gabe Harris surprises Minx
Tobin at work in order to discuss official police business.
Excerpt:
Minx placed Harris' coffee
in front of him and pulled out napkins from the table dispenser. There. She'd
done her hostessing duties. Sitting across from him, she reached into her bag
and got out her power bar.
"So, Lieutenant, what's
up?"
Harris took a sip, then set
the cup back down. "I've never been at the Elite Exercise Emporium before.
Nice place. Do you think I should take out a membership?"
She blinked back surprise.
Surely this wasn't his official business?
Peeling the wrapper off the
bar, she replied, "You look buff enough, Lieutenant."
"Is that a
compliment?"
She tilted her head at him.
"Do you want it to be?"
What was going on here? Were
they actually flirting with each other?
As she nibbled on the end of
the granola power bar, she studied him. His odd combination of short dark and
light grey hair swirled in waves over his head. A dark lock tumbled down over
his high forehead. One renegade curl strayed appealingly around the curve of
his ear.
He gestured with his large,
well-formed hand. "That your lunch?"
"It sure is. Are you
hungry? I've got two more bars with me."
He was a man that didn't
smile much. With his job in the Los Angeles Police Department, there probably
weren't many opportunities for smiles. But when he did let loose and show those
pearly whites, despite herself, she seemed to turn into one of those silly
adolescent girls she'd disparaged just a minute ago.
Harris not only smiled, but
laughed. A deep, hearty, masculine laugh. His laughter attractively crinkled the
skin around his eyes. Otherwise, his tanned face was unlined. Prematurely grey,
that was what he was. Maybe that trait ran in his family.
"No, thanks. That
granola bar looks like Fido's dog food to me."
The laugh and the smile
disappeared as quickly as they surfaced. He must've been getting ready to lower
the boom. Official police business was rarely good.
She swallowed down a bit of
apprehension.
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Hope you enjoy!
Susanne Marie Knight
Read outside the
box: award-winning Romance Writing With A Twist
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