“It could be a hot dame in a cool silk dress or a gun-packing gangster intent on harm.It could even be Elvis.I WAS CONTEMPLATING my checkbook when my office door swung open and Alicia Kingston stepped through. I dropped the black hole of my checkbook into the desk drawer where I kept the bottle and smiled pleasantly at the woman. “May I help you?”“You’re Jakob Hull, the private investigator?”“Yes ma’am. Have a seat.”She plopped into one of my two office chairs, tucking a lock of her short, curly... blond hair behind one ear. “You . . . you’re confidential, right?”“What you tell me will be private,” I said.She was maybe in her thirties, maybe in her forties. It was kind of hard to tell. She had the kind of voluptuous figure that was no longer fashionable—it disguised her age but didn’t hurt her sex appeal. “I mean . . . really private,” she said.“Really private,” I agreed.“Really, really private?” She had a wispy voice, like a little girl’s voice, and it went with her slightly plump body and vaguely innocent blue eyes.“Yes ma’am,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: