Authors: Holly Jacobs
Tags: #Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, #Mystery, #Amateur Sleuths, #Cozy, #Women Sleuths
Dusted (19 page)
Lust.
That’s what it felt like.
I hadn’t had a good case of lust in a while. But I was pretty sure that I remembered how if felt and this was it.
“Quincy,” he said, soft and low.
Yes
, I wanted to say.
Oh, yes
.
I’ve read that when someone experiences death they want to make love just to prove they’re still alive, to prove that they can still feel something.
I think my lust for this cop went deeper than just a need to prove I was alive. It might have been a need to prove I still had a libido, but mainly I think it had something to do with a long, hard orgasm.
I was almost forty and I’d read enough magazine articles to know that meant I was reaching my sexual prime.
Only it had been a long time since I’d been primed.
This guy was making remember how much I enjoyed a good priming.
“Yes,” I said out loud. Hoping he’d say,
let’s forget about the dead body and get you home to bed
.
Oh, yeah. I wanted him to tuck me in, then tuck himself right next to me.
Naked.
“Quincy,” he said again, “by any chance you have an alibi for last night?”
“An alibi?” I squeaked, all lust-filled thoughts fleeing from my head.
Alibi?
Rats.
I knew what that meant.
I watch
Law and Order
,
Law and Order SVU
, and
Law and Order Criminal Intent
. Is that all? I might be forgetting one, but that’s understandable, given my circumstances.
Oh, and I watch
CSI
.
All that television meant I knew that cops didn’t ask witnesses for alibis.
They asked suspects for them.
I was a murder suspect.
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BIO
Holly Jacobs leads a life full of romance and adventure. From skydiving to jet-setting around Europe, from snorkeling in coral reefs to writing while wearing beautiful silk peignoir sets and popping chocolate bonbons, Holly Jacobs leads a life that is the epitome of romance.
Well, my fictional life sounds more interesting, but not better than my real life. Really, I'm the happily married mother of four. I write for H
arlequin and Montlake Romance.
You can visit me at
http://www.HollyJacobs.com
.
Other Kindle Books by Holly Jacobs:
Maid in LA Series:
Book #1
Steamed: A Maid in LA Mystery
Book#2
Dusted: A Maid in LA Mystery
Book #3
Spruced Up: A Maid in LA Holiday Novella
Book #4 Swept Up: A Maid in LA Mystery
Everything But… Series:
Everything But a Christmas Eve
WLVH Series:
Nothing But Short Story Series:
Whedon Series:
Valley Ridge Series
:
You Are Invited…
A Valley Ridge Wedding
April Showers,
A Valley Ridge Wedding
A Walk Down the Aisle
,
A Valley Ridge Wedding
American Dads:
Wedding Mishaps:
Also available:
Found and Lo
st
(working title
: Can’t Find No
Body
)
Confessions of a Party Crasher