Lindy chuckled, but said, “I was thinking somewhere a little closer to home.” It came out of her mouth before she’d considered it, but then, she supposed that was what Chicago was now. Home.
It was nice having a home. She was staying at Alex’s apartment, but only until she sorted out having “Rosalind Frederick” sell the brownstone to her new identity, Lindsay Taylor.
“Oh, yeah?” Alex perked up. “What were you thinking?”
“Well . . . I promised Hadley I’d look into her brother’s murder.”
“Ah. A cold case.”
“Yep. It was ten or twelve years ago, I believe. He was a cop, and she thinks shades might have been involved.”
“And it’d have to be an off-the-books investigation,” he mused. “Sounds right up our alley.”
She brightened. “You wanna work a cold case with me?”
Alex kissed the top of her head. “Miss Taylor, I literally thought you’d never ask.”
About the Author
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MELISSA F. OLSON has published eight novels in her Old World series for 47North, two novellas for Tor.com, and a standalone mystery. She spends most of her nonwriting professional time traveling around to conventions and conferences, where she speaks about issues related to genre, feminism, writing, and parenting.
Melissa lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband, kids, pit bulls, and chinchillas.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Epilogue
About the Author
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Copyright Page
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novella are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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