Kent Griswald is a high powered movie executive known for his micro-managing and aggressive supervision of a movie from beginning to end. He's not well liked professionally or personally, so when someone puts a knife in his chest, no one is terribly surprised. However, someone also took pot shots at his younger brother, Connor, who has no enemies. Detectives Walter Scott and Vanessa Weinstein are called in on the case, ready for action. Unfortunately, Detective Scott hadn't counted on the eyewitness, Cadence Stuart. Pretty and personable, she's also terrified that the killer may come after her next. It's up to Scott to protect her from the tall, dark killer. Unfortunately, so far, the killer's identity and whereabouts are Undiscovered.
Here's a sneak peek...
Cadence
sank into a soft chair in his outer office as he shut the door on the sales
room. Closing her eyes, she let the murmur of voices wash over her. The loud
report of a heavy caliber rifle shocked the air. Another followed.
Cadence
ran down the hall. That sounded like it came from the room she'd been showing. What
the hell? Frozen with indecision, she stood in the hallway. Pounding footsteps
sounded from down the corridor to her left.
Turning,
she saw a man in a black ski mask and anonymous clothing barreling down the
hall toward the elevator ahead of her. Although he was running away from her,
she noticed he was tall, broad shouldered and moved like an athlete. He hit the
stairway, running full tilt. It wouldn't take him long to clear four stories to
the ground floor.
Bob
and the Andersons ran to the hallway behind her, crowding to get past.
"What
was that?" Bob demanded.
"Sounded
like a gunshot," Ted replied, wide eyed.
Susan
clung to him, weeping hysterically. Cadence whipped out her phone and called
911.
"What's
the nature of your emergency?"
"I'm
at the Ocean Sun condo," Cadence replied. "I want to report a
10-10."
There
was a pause. "Possible shots fired? You a cop, sugar?"
Cadence
didn't like the dispatcher's tone.
"My
dad is. Listen, there's really a problem here."
"Already
got a call, got two officers rolling. You say you're in the condo?"
"Yes,
ma'am. Fourth floor."
"Not
on the beach?"
Cadence
paused. "No. Inside, on the fourth floor."
"I'll
send someone else. The other officers are responding to a call on the beach at
that same address."
"Thank
you. My name is Cadence Stuart. I'll meet the officers down at the front
desk."
"Thank
you, Miss Stuart. I'll tell them."
"Bob,
call the front desk. Tell them the cops are coming. I'll be down in a
minute."
"Will
do, sugar."
Cadence
ran to the living room of the open unit. Pandemonium on the beach greeted her.
A cluster of people stood around something, many of them crying, some talking
on phones. Utter chaos ensued.
Undiscovered has some mature
content and is not appropriate for readers under 17.
About Dellani Oakes
Dellani Oakes has been
telling stories her entire life. She started with tales of Rainbow School when
she was three and her sister started kindergarten. Soon, Dellani progressed to
poems and song parodies. Eventually, she tried her hand at short stories and
humorous essays.
In college, Dellani
began to write plays and that love of dialogue has stayed with her. She enjoys
building characters by what they say as much as what they do.
Dellani doesn't know
whether to include writing amongst her hobbies, because it's really more of an
obsession. Perhaps she should, otherwise she hasn't anything to list. For fun,
she hosts two Blog Talk Radio shows a month, Dellani's Tea Time and What's
Write for Me. She also heads two, small, local writing groups a week.
Dellani makes her home
on the east coast of Florida near Daytona Beach, where she lives with her
husband and three of her four children. Undiscovered is her eighth book.
Others include:
Indian Summer – historical romance
Lone Wolf, Shakazhan,
The Maker
– sci-fi series
The Ninja Tattoo
Conduct Unbecoming
Under the Western Sky
To Find Dellani:
Joan, thank you so much for having me here! If anyone has any questions, I'll happily answer them. ~ Dellani
ReplyDeleteIt's a pleasure, Dellani. Congrats on your new release!
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