Not a Mermaid (Jake & Boo, Book 2) by Madeline Kirby
Release date: February 8, 2018
Subgenre: Cozy mystery, paranormal mystery
About Not a Mermaid:
It’s July in Houston, and when heat waves and storm warnings finally
give way to flooding rains, Jake Hillebrand’s strange dreams take a
sinister turn. When the flood waters recede, the body of a young woman
is found on the banks of Buffalo Bayou - a young woman whose life
overlaps with that of Detective Victoria Perez.
With Perez on the sidelines, maybe she and Jake can finally come to an understanding. Or not.
Petreski's working with a new partner, Jake's declared a major, Jennifer Katz is moving on with her life, and Don has no idea that the new cat hanging around his apartment is not what she appears.
Contains even more carbs than "Not a Werewolf", plus all you can eat shrimp!
With Perez on the sidelines, maybe she and Jake can finally come to an understanding. Or not.
Petreski's working with a new partner, Jake's declared a major, Jennifer Katz is moving on with her life, and Don has no idea that the new cat hanging around his apartment is not what she appears.
Contains even more carbs than "Not a Werewolf", plus all you can eat shrimp!
Excerpt:
My phone rang, and Don
took the plates to the kitchen to start cleaning up.
“Ooh! It’s Petreski!”
“Keep it clean while I’m
here!” Don called from the kitchen.
“I’m not allowed to talk
dirty because Don’s here,” I said as I accepted the call.
“Um, good, because I’m at
a crime scene.”
“Why would you call me
from a crime scene?” I asked, although I had a pretty good idea why.
“I’m sorry, Jake, but I
need you to come down here right away. Allen Parkway at Waugh.”
“What is it?”
“When the water went down
in Buffalo Bayou this morning, someone found a body.”
***
I parked as close as I
could get to where Petreski told us to meet
him, and we walked towards the scene, stopping when we reached the line of
yellow tape. I texted Petreski to let him know we were there, and then we
waited, trying not to look like rubbernecking ghouls. The smell of bat guano
was strong in the heat and I already felt queasy, even without looking at a
body. I felt Don’s elbow dig into my ribs and jumped.
“What?”
He
nodded towards the scene and I turned to see what had caught his attention.
Detective
Perez was heading straight for us, her curls bouncing like angry little snakes
and her Dr. Martens squeaking on the wet grass. Her scowl was even fiercer than
usual, and I wondered what I had done now. But whatever had her in full-on
Valkyrie mode, it wasn’t me, because she stormed right by us without a glance. We
watched her climb into an unmarked car, and I winced when the door slammed.
“Wow,”
I said. “At least it wasn’t me this time.”
“She
looked really upset,” Don said.
“She
always looks like that.”
“No.”
Don shook his head. “This was different.”
We
both started when the tires of Perez’s car screamed as she sped off.
“Yeah.
I think you’re right.”
I
turned back towards the activity below, and saw Petreski climbing the hill, his
face grim.
“What’s
with Perez?” I asked him, when he was close enough.
“Later,”
he answered, barely moving his lips.
“So,
is it… did you want me here because it’s…”
“Maybe.
It could be an accident, a drowning. We don’t know yet, but until we do we have
to treat it as a suspicious death. And between us, based on what you told me,
I’m inclined to label it a homicide.”
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About Madeline Kirby:
Madeline Kirby has been writing stories since she was 12 years
old. The earliest one she can recall involved a mermaid and was written
in a spiral-bound notebook with pink paper. The pink paper was the most
memorable thing about it. A love of reading led her to a degree in
English, and an eye for detail made her a successful editor and
proofreader for medical and technical manuscripts.
While in college she discovered comic books, filling boxes with copies of Hellblazer, Sandman, Swamp Thing, and countless indies like The Tick, ElfQuest, and Love & Rockets. Comic books led to manga. Manga narrowed to yaoi, and soon she was proofreading and editing for yaoi scanlation sites and looking for more M/M stories.
Before she knew it, her stories started involving fewer women, more men, and those men were clamoring to get out and see the world - and here we are.
While in college she discovered comic books, filling boxes with copies of Hellblazer, Sandman, Swamp Thing, and countless indies like The Tick, ElfQuest, and Love & Rockets. Comic books led to manga. Manga narrowed to yaoi, and soon she was proofreading and editing for yaoi scanlation sites and looking for more M/M stories.
Before she knew it, her stories started involving fewer women, more men, and those men were clamoring to get out and see the world - and here we are.
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