The Sudoku Puzzle Murders (2008)
“It was an eerie feeling. She’d had it once before, when someone was stalking her. She was sure this time was different, that it was just a feeling, brought on by God knows what. Even so, when she left the bar, she could have sworn someone was there.
Cora pulled her cigarettes out of her purse, lit one up, took a deep drag. Told herself she was being stupid. Yeah, stupid for smoking. But for being on guard?
She glanced surreptitiously around, saw no one. Which didn’t mean no one was there.
Or didn’t mean anyone was.
Cora composed herself, started across the parking lot.
A car pulled in and Hideki got out. He didn’t see her, just went up the steps of the Country Kitchen.
Cora wondered if he might have smashed Dennis’s back window and stolen a samurai sword. Did wondering that count as racial profiling? Maybe. If so, she was sorry. The thought was enough to keep her from searching his car.
That and the fact he’d locked it.
Damn. Where was a cop when you needed one?
Cora tried to peer thr...ough the rear window.MoreLess
Cora pulled her cigarettes out of her purse, lit one up, took a deep drag. Told herself she was being stupid. Yeah, stupid for smoking. But for being on guard?
She glanced surreptitiously around, saw no one. Which didn’t mean no one was there.
Or didn’t mean anyone was.
Cora composed herself, started across the parking lot.
A car pulled in and Hideki got out. He didn’t see her, just went up the steps of the Country Kitchen.
Cora wondered if he might have smashed Dennis’s back window and stolen a samurai sword. Did wondering that count as racial profiling? Maybe. If so, she was sorry. The thought was enough to keep her from searching his car.
That and the fact he’d locked it.
Damn. Where was a cop when you needed one?
Cora tried to peer thr...ough the rear window.MoreLess
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