By J. A. Konrath
The massive men - Flash fiction, winner of the Derringer Award. A Fistful of comfortable - A satire of the secret comfortable style. detoxing - An historic crime of biblical proportions. mendacity Eyes - resolve it your self, given the clues. ideal Plan - one other resolve it your self. Don't you consider One Minute Mysteries and Encyclopedia Brown? Piece of Cake - one other clear up it your self, initially featured in Woman's global. Animal appeal - resolve it your self. pressing answer wanted - A cautionary story approximately facing spammers. Blaine’s Deal - A parody of hardboiled noir. mild Drizzle - A light-hearted send-up of hitman tales.
An Archaeologist’s tale - How digging up previous bones results in clean corpses. Don’t Press That Button! - An essay concerning the contraptions within the James Bond universe, and that you have to purchase. Piranha Pool - A author looking feedback will pay the last word fee. A Newbie’s advisor to Thrillerfest - by no means been to a secret convention? Here's the in-depth airborne dirt and dust. Inspector Oxnard - He's both significant, or too silly to respire. One evening merely - A activities fan leads to reformatory, excited about the affection of the sport. may Stephanie Plum relatively Get motor vehicle coverage? - An essay approximately Janet Evanovich's well-known personality. comfortable or Hardboiled? - Take the try to determine which sort of ebook you're studying. dependancy - What's the worst drug you may get hung up on? Weigh to head - A humor column approximately well-being golf equipment.
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Nicht die Frau in Spokane, die ihren Anwalt zu sprechen verlangte, die Frau, die alle mit den Morden belasten wollten. Schon wieder schniefend, lehnte Alvarez sich auf ihrem Stuhl zurück. Man jagte ihr nicht so leicht Angst ein, doch heute empfand sie eine Furcht, die sie von Herzen gern verleugnet hätte. Das Grauen lag vor ihr, in Form der farbigen Hochglanzfotos von den Opfern. Insgesamt fünf. Beziehungsweise fünf, von denen wir schon wissen, dachte sie und griff nach dem Foto von Theresa Kelper, dem ersten Opfer.
Wurden realer, deutlicher. Diese Schulhofrüpel hatten recht. Ihr Zustand war absonderlich. Jetzt folgte sie dem Weg bis zu ihrer Haustür und sah, dass sie halb offen stand. Im Haus war es kalt, denn die uralte Heizung war den arktischen Temperaturen nicht gewachsen, die der heulende Wind ins Haus trieb. Sie schloss die Tür hinter sich, schaltete das Licht an und schlüpfte aus ihren Stiefeln. Sie war überreizt. Kribbelig. Übernervös. Sie hängte ihren Mantel in den Garderobenschrank, warf ihren Morgenrock über und zog den Gürtel straff.
Sie kochte vor Zorn. Stinksauer war sie. Sie umfasste das Steuer ihres Jeeps so krampfhaft, dass ihre Knöchel weiß wurden, biss die Zähne fest zusammen und sah starr auf die Straße, als könnte ihr zornfunkelnder Blick das Bild des herzlosen Schweinehunds heraufbeschwören, der sie in diesen Zustand namenloser Wut versetzt hatte. �Mistkerl«, zischte sie. Die Reifen ihres Dienstwagens gerieten auf dem vereisten Abhang leicht ins Rutschen. Ihr Herz raste, ihre Wangen waren trotz der Minustemperaturen draußen gerötet.