An excerpt from my book:

CHAPTER ONE: FREYA

I have some clairvoyant powers, but I didn’t need them to see that the guards at the courthouse were on alert. Guess that happens once somebody smuggles a gun into the building.

Tracy approached the security check. I decided to call her Tracy because she inserted herself into my family and I’m not going to call her Attorney Christensen, not after what she did. The guards made her dump everything out and they went through her purse and her coat. She walked through the metal detector and it started buzzing. Raising her pant leg, she showed off the metal and plastic monitor around her ankle. Even if you bring a gun into the courthouse, you get to go home on a monitor if you’re a lawyer and your parents can raise half a million for bail. The largest guard made her stop and waved the black and yellow wand over her. A female guard patted her down. Guess daddy’s money only gets you so far.

            Though Tracy’s crime included my great-granddaughter, Charity, I had to read about it in the papers.  Charity’s biological father, George Banks, got out of jail and wanted custody.  His lawyer, Tracy Christensen, brought a gun into the courthouse and Banks used it to threaten a judge.  Banks is in jail and Tracy’s on a monitor.

She picked up her things at the other side of the metal detector, came over to where I was standing, and stared at me.

“I’m sorry about the death of your granddaughter, Stella.”

She looked sincere, but I had reason to doubt her.

“Thank you,’ I said.

More BOOKS

Check out the previous books in my Meredith, Massachusetts series:

Niagara fontaine (2018)

Judge Hartwell (2020)

And SWIFT RIVER SECRETS, a stand alone novel, is scheduled for release in 2024.

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