Minx Tobin Mysteries Case Two: The Illgotten Insurance
Manufacturer: Susanne Marie Knight
ISBN: 978-1-61252-012-4
Length:
Novella
Category:
Suspense
Rating:
Warm
Photography/Artwork:
Jenifer Ranieri
Release Date:
January 2011
Price: $2.99
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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.
EXCERPT
She placed Harris' cup 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 of coffee, then set the cup back down. "I've never been at the 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?
She studied him as she nibbled on the end of the granola power bar. 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.
"Susanne Marie Knight pens another thriller in this series... The author does a great job blending everyday people, some of whom are a bit creepy, with the suspects. Associates we meet at the fitness Emporium, especially the guys, will pique the memories of those forgettable dates we had before finding Mr. Right for many women. This is a fun series worth a read."
"The author’s fluent writing style which brings her characters alive, warts and all. Her ability to capture the outrage of the rich implicated in the murder along side her depiction of the hero and heroine and their supporting cast creates plenty of friction as some of those characters are simply ‘way-out’ weird."
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