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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

Ellie surveyed the men, who seemed satisfied with her answers. She turned. “If that’s all, I think it’s time for dessert. Maria?”

The young woman smiled. “We have hot apple pie with vanilla ice cream.” She lifted the heavy tray and started walking. Turtle rose and took the tray. Anticipation wiped away the last of the men’s hostility. It was hard to stay mad when you were stuffing your face with hot apple pie.

Kade sat back down and returned to eating. Once the evening was over, he planned to persuade Ellie to join him upstairs in his bed.

A different sort of anticipation poured through him, making his body stir to life. He glanced at Ellie. He wasn’t sure what there was about her that fired his blood. He just knew he wanted her.

Tomorrow they would start working again to find a killer. Tonight he had plans for Ellie that had nothing to do with murder.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

THREE DAYS PASSED. THREE NIGHTS THAT ELLIE SPENT IN KADE’S bed. It was wonderful—and it was terrifying. She wasn’t an emotional risk-taker, and she was definitely taking a risk with Kade.

In the end, she was bound to get hurt, but the time she spent with Kade was worth it. In the meantime, she was a private investigator. She intended to do her job.

Now that a second victim had been found, she needed to know if the two women’s murders were connected, and if so, what that connection was.

She figured McBride and the Denver police would be working that angle, but she wasn’t sure how much information they would be willing to share.

Yesterday, Detective Meadows had phoned Kade with the coroner’s report on Barbara Meeks. Strangulation was confirmed as the cause of death, which made it a homicide. The victim had been badly beaten, and there were signs of recent sex, but no indication of rape and no DNA.

Nothing new there.

Kade had also heard from the lab in Eagle, which had called with the results of the water sample from the hole that had sickened his cows. According to the lab, the waterhole had definitely been poisoned. But the cows had recovered, and with Keller dead, it seemed a moot point now.

Late Wednesday afternoon, a deputy from Routt County showed up at the ranch to return the weapons taken at the scene of Frank Keller’s murder. Ballistics proved no shots had been fired from either pistol. Keller, left-handed, had been shot in the right temple. No powder residue on either hand. His death was officially a homicide.