For those new to the game, every week on Twitter we’re given a word (the “book quote for Wednesday”) and challenged to come up with an excerpt from our work to match it. If you’re on Twitter, look for the hashtag BookQW.
This week, the word is “short,” and I’m sharing a bit from the ongoing “cat noirish” (really!) serial I’m creating over on Patreon....
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I’d found over the years that the reasonable explanation, especially when it came to professional crime, was usually the true one.
Still, I was up. Â And short of curling on the seashell-upholstered sofa and reading a tatty paperback all day, I might as well go see if the alleged crime scene gave up anything more under direct daylight.