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Chapters (50)
  1. Also by
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. CHAPTER ONE
  5. CHAPTER TWO
  6. CHAPTER THREE
  7. CHAPTER FOUR
  8. CHAPTER FIVE
  9. CHAPTER SIX
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT
  12. CHAPTER NINE
  13. CHAPTER TEN
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  43. CHAPTER FORTY
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  49. EPILOGUE
  50. Teaser Chapter

“Don’t worry about Ellie,” Kade said. “She isn’t leaving. She has other work to do.”

“What about Mabel?” Maria asked. “I don’t want to steal her job.”

“Mabel’s family. She’s been working here since I was a kid. Now she’ll be able to work fewer hours for the same money. I think she’ll be relieved to have less responsibility.” He took off his hat and ran a hand through his hair. “Can you handle the job? The position includes a nice, fat pay raise.”

Maria’s gaze flashed to Ellie, who gave her an encouraging nod, then returned to Kade. Her chin went up. “Sí, Señor Kade. I’ll be the best cook the Diamond Bar ever had.”

Kade seemed pleased. “I know you will. Turtle’s going to help you till Mabel gets back. I saw him out by the corral when we drove in. I’ll let him know.” He rested a possessive hand on Ellie’s waist. “One more thing. The police are on the way. The chopper is due in an hour. Since you’re here, coffee and sandwiches might be a good idea.”

“I’ll take care of it.”

“Thanks.” Kade urged Ellie out of the kitchen, down the hall to his study, where he firmly closed the door. “You sit here.” He settled her in the big leather chair behind his desk, facing his computer.

“Let’s see if we can figure out what’s happened in Boulder that might bring Chief McBride all the way out here.”

Kade left for a moment, and Ellie went to work. She was reading an article in the Boulder Daily Camera, the city’s online digital newspaper, when Kade returned. By then, she had discovered that the police weren’t coming to tell him they had found his dead wife’s killer. According to the paper, a woman’s body had been found in a shallow grave in the hills at the edge of the city.

Ellie caught Kade’s grim expression as he leaned over her shoulder to read the article, and her heart went out to him.

The last thing Kade needed was more trouble. But it definitely looked as if more trouble had arrived.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

POLICE CHIEF MATT MCBRIDE WAS A MAN IN HIS LATE FIFTIES, WITH a lean, wiry build and curly brown hair. He and the other man who got out of the helicopter were both dressed all in black: cold-weather jackets, uniforms, black-billed caps with emblems on the front.

Ellie stood next to Kade, who waited in the brisk, late-morning air to greet them.

“Sorry for the short notice,” McBride said to Kade, but his dark expression said he wasn’t sorry at all. “Kade Logan, this is Detective Clay Meadows, Denver PD.”

Kade made a cursory nod. “Detective.” He drew Ellie forward. “This is Eleanor Bowman. She’s a private investigator.”