If Looks Could Kill (2012)
“Caught there in the still afternoon air, heavier than the sunlight and the fresh pine and moss. Wet smoke. Scorched metal. Destruction.
Eldon waited for them right by the mile marker, there at the crook of the road that crested Miller's Mountain, about ten miles north of town. A beautiful spot to drive through in the summer, the road was cut through a private camp, heavily wooded and steep. Isolated, the back way into town from Highway 21.
"What did you find?" Mac asked, slipping on his hat as ...he approached.
Chris followed, her eyes already drawn to the deep gully at the side of the road where Miller's Stream dug its way though old granite and limestone.
The sheriff tipped back his hat and hooked thumbs into his belt. "Think I found your girl. She looks to have taken a zig when she shoulda zagged." The three of them stood there a moment, their attention all focused in the same direction.
At first, it looked like an old boulder. Dark, crumpled, misshapen. Shoved in amidst the other boulders that dotted the Missouri landscape.MoreLess
Eldon waited for them right by the mile marker, there at the crook of the road that crested Miller's Mountain, about ten miles north of town. A beautiful spot to drive through in the summer, the road was cut through a private camp, heavily wooded and steep. Isolated, the back way into town from Highway 21.
"What did you find?" Mac asked, slipping on his hat as ...he approached.
Chris followed, her eyes already drawn to the deep gully at the side of the road where Miller's Stream dug its way though old granite and limestone.
The sheriff tipped back his hat and hooked thumbs into his belt. "Think I found your girl. She looks to have taken a zig when she shoulda zagged." The three of them stood there a moment, their attention all focused in the same direction.
At first, it looked like an old boulder. Dark, crumpled, misshapen. Shoved in amidst the other boulders that dotted the Missouri landscape.MoreLess
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