I pushed open the front door. BeBe galloped toward me. I heard the phone ringing above the sound of my pounding heart.
BeBe and I two-stepped to the coffee table. I grabbed the phone, dislodged the dog, and pushed the Talk button before I had a chance to look at the caller ID or catch my breath.
"Hello?"
"Nina?"
It was a woman's voice, one I didn't recognize. "Yes?"
"This is Ginger Barlow." She paused, then said, "Kevin's been shot."
Acknowledgments
A big thanks to Sarah Durand, my fabulous editor, for pushing me to push myself. Thanks, too, to the whole Avon staff for all the hard work they do behind the scenes.
Thanks and hugs to Jacky Sach, agent extraordinaire.
Huge thanks to my critique group, Shelley Galloway, Cathy Liggett, Julie Stone, and author-in-waiting Hilda Lindner Knepp, for everything. Thank you to Laura Bradford for her continuous cheerleading, keen eyes, and honesty. And a very special thanks to Sharon Short for being a great roomie, brainstorming genius, and road-trippin' buddy. You guys are the best.
About the Author
HEATHER WEBBER writes mysteries in between running her three children to and from various sporting and school events, actively avoiding housework, and wishing someone would give her backyard a Taken by Surprise makeover.
This native of Massachusetts was uprooted
and transplanted to a little cranny of southwest
Ohio shortly after marrying her high school
and can be reached through her website at
www.heatherwebber.com.
Visit www.AuthorTracker.com for exclusive information on your favorite HarperCollins author.
Nina Quinn Mysteries by
Heather Webber
Trouble in Bloom
Digging Up Trouble
Trouble in Spades
A Hoe Lot of Trouble
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
TROUBLE IN BLOOM. Copyright © 2007 by Heather Webber. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader March 2007 ISBN 978-0-06-133989-9
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
About the Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
25 Ryde Road (PO Box 321)
Pymble, NSW 2073, Australia
http://www.harpercollinsebooks.com.au
Canada
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
55 Avenue Road, Suite 2900
Toronto, ON, M5R, 3L2, Canada
http://www.harpercollinsebooks.ca
New Zealand
HarperCollinsPublishers (New Zealand) Limited
P.O. Box 1
Auckland, New Zealand
http://www.harpercollinsebooks.co.nz
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
77-85 Fulham Palace Road
London, W6 8JB, UK
http://www.uk.harpercollinsebooks.com
United States
HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
10 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022
http://www.harpercollinsebooks.com
Heather Webber