Partner In Crime (45 page)
Authors: J. A. Jance
PerfectBound e-book extras: “Afterword: Roots of Mystery: Sodium Azide and Learning to Believe the Unbelievable.” Copyright © 2002 by J.A. Jance. “It Will Kill Practically Anything.” Copyright © 2000 by Dan Huff. Reprinted with permission.
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Prologue
Well?” Deidre Canfield asked. . .
One
As Sheriff Joanna Brady drove. . .
Two
Driving past the Cochise County. . .
Three
Dave Hollicker came outside . . .
Four
By the time Joanna arrived . . .
Five
Joanna and Frank Montoya finally had . . .
Six
As I pulled my Porsche 928 out . . .
Seven
For the second time in as many . . .
Eight
It wasn’t a particularly nice way . . .
Nine
For the next two and a half . . .
Ten
Joanna pulled into the yard . . .
Eleven
If you’re a stranger in town . . .
Twelve
By four o’clock that afternoon I . . .
Thirteen
When I invited Marliss Shackleford . . .
Fourteen
After Marliss Shackleford . . .
Fifteen
Driving up to the house . . .
Sixteen
When I was in the eighth grade . . .
Seventeen
About then the man in the suit . . .
Eighteen
After dropping off Joanna’s . . .
Nineteen
By the time Joanna neared . . .
Twenty
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
Twenty-one
Once back in her office, Joanna . . .
Twenty-two
I don’t know what came over me.
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Afterword:
Roots of Mystery: Sodium Azide and Learning to Believe the Unbelievable
Anything”:
Do you drive a 1994 or newer car? If so, you’re sitting just inches away from a deadly poison.