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Nightshade Cases

I’m an international, multiple award-winning author with a passion for the voices in my head. As a singer, songwriter, independent filmmaker and improv teacher and performer, my life has always been about creating and sharing what I create with others. Now that my dream to write for a living is a reality, with over a hundred titles in happy publication and no end in sight, I live in beautiful Prince Edward Island, Canada, with my giant cats, pug overlord and overlady and my Gypsy Vanner gelding, Fynn. When transsexual starlet Aisling is murdered, Detective Geraldine Meyers is assigned the case. With help from medical examiner Dr. Rachel Hunter, Gerri realizes this is no ordinary killing. While she might not want to call in over-eager anthropologist Dr. Kinsey DanAllart, the detective is forced to trust her friend's expertise in symbology, even though doing so means admitting "weird" things might be happening in Silver City. As the three friends unravel the mystery of the dancer's death, one thing is made absolutely apparent--something isn't right in their new hometown. And someone is doing everything they can to make sure the truth doesn't come out. In Silver City, sometimes friendship can be murder.

Patti Larsen · 现实
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Chapter 205

INT. - PHILO's BAR AND GRILLE - EVENING

Ray sipped her wine, happy to see Kinsey, grateful her friend made the invitation open and warm, without a hint of an agenda. It helped, being here with the anthropologist, after Cici blew her off. Saved her from the hurt she felt, from the cold creeping in around the edges of her pain.

She hadn't expected Gerri to arrive, but held still when the tall redhead sank into her chair, the crowd at Philo's naturally moving away from her as though the wolf inside her nudged them aside. Instead of ordering her customary beer, Gerri leaned in, green eyes intent.

"Tell me about spider venom," she said.

Ray was so surprised by the question, she choked on her sip of red before setting down her glass. "What about it?"

"Could there be a variety of spider venom that could kill the way our vics died?" Gerri stole a French fry from Kinsey's plate and munched, still intense. Almost happy. Like she got when she was close to cracking a case.

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