Dead in the Water

Gemini, Book 1

Hailey Edwards

Contents

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Dead in the Water Blurb

Gemini Series Reading Order

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

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Dead in the Water

© 2016 by Hailey Edwards

Edited by Sasha Knight

Copy edited by Kimberly Cannon

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Dead in the Water Blurb

Gemini, Book One

Camille Ellis is the Earthen Conclave’s golden girl. Her peculiar talent solves cases with a single touch, and she isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. But the brightest stars cast the deepest shadows, and her grim secrets lurk just beneath the skin.

A routine job goes sideways when the victim’s brother barges into the investigation demanding answers. Consumed with grief, the warg will go to any lengths to avenge his sister’s death. Even if it means ensuring Cam’s cooperation at the jaws of his wolf.

Gemini Series Reading Order

#1: Dead in the Water

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Chapter 1

Seven out-of-state crime scenes in seven months was seven too many. Every fourth Wednesday dread ballooned in my chest during the short drive from home to the local marshal’s office until I marveled that my ribs didn’t crack under the pressure. On those days I had fallen into the habit of perching on the edge of my task chair, fingers cramped from gripping the desk’s edge as I stared at the phone, willing it not to ring.

But it always did.

Each time I hung up with Magistrate Vause, every time I agreed to consult on a drowning case, I told myself this was the last one, that I had atoned, that Lori wouldn’t want me to keep punishing myself. Then I grabbed the go bag I kept packed by the door and drove to the airport.

Today’s call came as prompt as all the others, and so here I was, in a new state, at a fresh scene, decked out in my investigative best. Pressed slacks. Button-up blouse. Light jacket enchanted with a chill spell against the Deep South humidity that breathed steam down my neck the second I stepped from my frosty rental car onto the shade-dappled asphalt.

“You must be Agent Ellis.” A wiry man made thinner by his sweat-drenched dress shirt approached me with his arm extended. His sleeves were rolled up past his forearms, and mud stained the cuffs. “I’m Decker Comeaux, and this is my crime scene. I appreciate you flying out to consult.”

Out being Villanow, Georgia.