A Taste For Mystery (Two Novellas)
by K.D.
Rose
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BLURB:
Follow
private detectives Carolyn Woods, Jack Heart, and friends as they try to
navigate murder, mystery, and romantic entanglements in two related novellas.
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Excerpt:
He had six-pack abs, and I wanted to feel the carbonation.
This one dressed like the stereotype of a construction
worker, down to the handkerchief he used to wipe sweat off his forehead. I don't
know if he or the hot day brought it out, but sweat poured off of me too. He
had no interest in me as a person, though. I was invading his territory. Still,
I enjoyed the view. For my part, I knew my clothes looked crappy. I didn’t have
to wear uniforms anymore, but my street clothes, well they were very—street. So
there I stood, a turd in the sun in front of this Adonis. Oh well.
He pointed to a small trailer up a muddy hill. The
supervisor I asked to see apparently stayed in there. Stayed, as in never left.
Great. Mud. Now I'd be a dried turd in the sun. Adonis went back to digging and
I started the trek up the hill. At least I came with boots. Steel toed.
Once I made it to the trailer, I heard an argument going on
inside.
"Look, I don't care who you are. The plans are
publically filed. Go get them yourself!" yelled someone.
Then I heard a voice I knew. Calm, cool, subversive.
"Is there any reason you're being so difficult? A man did die on your
watch."
An encounter I hadn’t planned on. Well, at least not until later tonight. I knocked loudly on the
door and with my sweetest voice said, "Hello, boys. Am I interrupting
something?"
"Great," groused the supervisor. "A
party." He appeared to me like another stereotype, puffing on a cigar over
a fat jowl line and rotund stomach that threatened to overturn the small desk
he was behind. I guess there's a reason
for stereotypes. He looked about four hamburgers away from a heart attack.
On a wooden chair in front of the supervisor sat Jack. A
fellow independent detective, an ally at times, a competitor...and my on and
off lover.
"Well, well, well," he said smiling, but I could
tell he wasn’t happy to see me. Not here. It meant we were both working the
same case. "Hello, Carolyn. Who hired you?"
"Parents."
"Girlfriend," he answered back.
We stared at each other. Complications.
*Received for an honest review*
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
K.D. Rose is a
poet and author who currently has published "Heavy Bags of Soul",
"Inside Sorrow", “I AM”, “Erasing: Shadows”, "Anger's Children:
Three Shorts That Will Blow Your Mind", "A Taste for Mystery: Two
Novellas" and her new release, "The Brevity of Twit".
K.D.’s book,
Inside Sorrow won the Readers Favorite 2013 international Silver Medal for
Poetry. With fellow authors around the globe, KD was also a founding member of
the e-magazine, INNOVATE.
K.D. has an
eclectic mind and loves language, physics, philosophy, photography, design,
art, writing, symbolism, semiotics, spirituality, and Dr. Who. KD Rose is an
avid supporter of music, the arts, cutting edge science, technology, and
creativity in all forms. K.D also has a chronic illness but doesn't let it get
her down. K.D. considers herself a "Spoonie" on the lam.
LINKS TO KD
ROSE BOOKS
New Release:
The Brevity of Twit: http://www.threeworldsproductionsllc.com/books/brevity-of-twit/
A Taste For
Mystery: Two Novellas
Erasing:
Shadows
Angers
Children: Three Shorts That Will Blow Your Mind
Inside Sorrow
I AM (Poetry in
Motion)
Heavy Bags of
Soul
KD Rose's
Social Media Links:
KD Roses Blog: https://authorkdrose.wordpress.com/
Website: http://authorkdrose.com
Twitter – https://twitter.com/KDRose1
Networked Blogs
http://www.networkedblogs.com/user/100002817280090
Tumbler http://kdrose1.tumblr.com/
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K.D. Rose will be awarding a $15 Amazon/BN GC
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