The Perfect Crime: Running Lines 1

by Lily Green

Overview

MURDER IS THE FIRST ACT
WHO KILLED THE PLAYER?

Littleton. It�s a small town of small people where nothing ever happens. Not until this one fateful night.

Walter �Kit� Kitchell has always been small town cop on a lonely beat. He�s never had a case that needed pursuing for more than a minute. But when a gutted body is found clutching the words Westside Players in its cold hand, Kit is reluctantly drawn to the last place he knows anything about � the local community theater.

Theresa �Terri� Esposito is a Westside Player who�s never had her big break (even if she�s finally grabbed a supporting role). When she meets Kit, she�s initially unimpressed. His partner seems the more attractive of the pair. But a pic of the mutilated body set her previously unknown detective skills into full gear and Terri invites Kit into the world where a has-been director and a cold leading lady seems to hold power.

But they�re not the only ones that Terri thinks could have wielded the murder weapon. And will the murderer truly be satisfied with just one body?

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READER ADVISORY: This series contains content that readers may find objectionable, including explicit language, sex, abuse, violence, and erotic themes.
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EXCERPT
�Just shut up for a second. This is serious.�
�Serious,� Marcus repeated with a shake of his head.

�Sam is dead, Marcus.�

There was complete, shocked silence for a second, and then the room erupted again. The place filled with cries of grief and anguished sobs.

Kit looked around to see everyone pour on the stage, from the wings, from the seats. They were asking how and why. Everyone started to cling to the nearest body and wail. He had never seen the family or friend of any vic show this much sorrow at the news that their loved one was never coming home, but maybe this was how it was in theaters.

He removed his glasses and wiped away sweat off his face. Winters took the stage and pulled him aside. His face was registering everything that Kit was thinking.

�Crazy, right?�

�Yeah, man,� Kit said.

Marcus fell to the floor. Kit waited for another howl, but heard only a sniffle as the man buried his face in his hands. Okay, sometimes grief was a very private thing. Kit could respect that.

The only person not losing all sense of security was Terri Esposito. She looked around the stage with an amused stare. Kit had never seen anything more heartless. Even if she didn�t particularly care for Sam, how could she not be caught up in the pain of the others? He was. And he saw this kind of thing every day.

Well, maybe not exactly this kind of thing. But a body was a body. And she had gasped at the pic. So what gives?

Kit grabbed her by the arm and turned her towards him. Her face was serene. She looked over his shoulder at Winters and gave him a playful wink.

He had to wonder. Had he found his monster?

Other Titles in this Series:

2 - THE COVERT ACT

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Product Details

BN ID:	2940150397446
Publisher:	Publications Circulations LLC
Publication date:	09/02/2014
Series:	Running Lines , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	298 KB

About the Author

Lily Green is 41, divorced, and lives in Pacific Heights, San Francisco. She has two sons � Michael, 22 and Todd, 18.
Lily has a dark past � she was adopted as a child by a well-meaning, homey schoolteacher and her husband, a bartender. Her adopted father abused her as a child, and in her late teens, she decided she had had enough and reported the incident both to her mom, and the local police. Her mother, instead of coming to her aid, decided to evict her. Lily, therefore, had to move into the city and fend for herself, working odd jobs to put herself through college. She married Howard, a fellow student, and father to both her sons. They parted ways when Todd was 3.
Michael is in medical school � an intern � with a pre med degree in Psychiatry. Michael resides in L.A. Todd is a student at San Francisco University, taking up Dance as his major. Both Michael and Todd are single.
Her former husband is Howard, head of an architecture firm. Though he and Lily are estranged, he helps put the kids through college.
Lily herself was a dance choreographer � and now teaches Development of Dance Techniques and Dance Theory -- part time.
She is known to date men several years her junior, as she finds most men her age or older to be �too serious� and �boring." She has a healthy appetite for sex, but finds getting into a serious relationship for long periods �a waste of time." She feels she has yet to find a man her equal both intellectually and physically. She does not believe in �love� � she defines relationships as a meeting of minds and a consensual approval of helping the other grow.
Lily is into organic food and is a health and exercise buff (though mostly incidental--the exercising helps �clear her mind�). She is into �centering� and yoga. She has yet to give up smoking, though. She loves to shop but within reason. Anything excessive and lavish has to be justified, she feels.
Lily is deeply into social work (she is a member of the local LGBT group as a generous donor for free HIV testing drives, among other advocacies.). She is also an advocate for animal adoption. She describes herself as �a city girl with a small-town heart."