Sour Grapes (A Savannah Reid Mystery #6) (32 page)

come in small packages. Right now, the only present Savannah wants wrapped up is the one of a serial rapist

who dresses as Santa. Thanks to his twisted brand of holiday visits, Savannah has a full-time job teaching self-defense to San Carmefita's terrified women.

But the feisty detective is less than thrilled when

Captain Bloss, her ex-boss from the San Carmelita PD, asks Savannah to be his daughter's personal bodyguard. It seems the rapist has turned vicious cop killer, making the captain and his daughter prime targets. With enough chaos swirling around to make Tiny Tim grouchy, Savannah looks over her list of suspects to figure out

just who's been naughty. From the ex-con cop killer just released on parole to the bookie with more than a few

debts to collect, Savannah considers them all, plus a few others, while she tries to keep danger from dropping down her chimney and bringing a killer home for the

holidays. . . .

SUGAR AND SPITE

The fifth Savannah Reid mystery

Valentine's Day was never high on Savannah Reid's

list of favorite holidays--even if it does guarantee a box of See's candy. And when her only shot at romance includes a stakeout with her ex-partner, Dirk Coulter, and a case of PMS that would make I .i7zie Borden look misunderstood,

things aren't exactly looking up in the hearts-and-flowers department. But nothing relieves the symptoms of monthly misery quite like digging into

the world's biggest chocolate sampler--and showing the bad guys what a feisty ex-Southern girl with a 9mm

Baretta can do. After pulling an all-nighter, Savannah wants nothing more than to cook up a plate of steamy

grits and hash browns. But no sooner has she buttered the skillet when disaster arrives in the overdone, underdressed form of Polly Coulter, Dirk's ex-wife--the same ingrate who left him high and dry when she ran off with

a twentysomething rock-and-roller.

Days later, the no-good, two-timing broad is found lying in a pool of blood in Dirk's doublewide trailer, shot through the chest with his service revolver. Always one to stick her nose where it doesn't belong, Savannah goes to work to clear Dirk, and every lead points to

trouble. At the top of the list of suspects is Polly's latest squeeze, Quince Jeffries, one of San Carmelita's finest, and a man with more ambition than sense. And what about the prominent land developer whose latest project

is ticking off every tree-hugger in town--could someone have dug up real dirt on him? All in all, this is one Valentine's Day that's shaping up to be a real massacre.

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G.A. McKevett is the pseudonym of a well-known author. She is the author of six previous Savannah Reid mysteries, JUST DESSERTS, BITTER SWEETS, KILLER CALORIES, COOKED GOOSE, SUGAR AND SPITE, and SOUR GRAPES. Her newest Savannah Reid mystery, PEACHES AND SCREAMS, is currently available in hardcover.