The Scorpion
by Gerri Hill
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Poking a sleeping bear with a sharp stick is foolish. Marty Edwards is about to be very foolish. Investigative reporter Marty Edwards has found her niche: cold cases. She loves pouring over old notes, hunting down long-forgotten witnesses, and digging down through the layers of an unsolved murder case. But this time, Marty is digging where someone obviously doesn't want her. And that someone might also include the Brownsville Police Department. Why else would they assign Detective Kristen show more Bailey to baby-sit her? Barely surviving two attempts on her life, Marty abandons Brownsville and the case. Danger follows her as the case turns red hot. With Detective Bailey along for protection, they race along the Gulf Coast, neither knowing who, if anyone, they can trust. The hardest part is learning to trust each other before it's too late for their hearts-and their lives. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- The Scorpion
- Original publication date
- 2009
- People/Characters*
- Marty Edwards (Investigative Reporter); Kristen Bailey (Detective)
- Important places*
- Brownsville, Texas, USA
- First words*
- Bailey sat in her car, trying to shake the profound sadness that always gripped her when she visited her mother. She clenched her jaw. No, not her mother. Only the shell of her mother. Her mother had slipped away months ago w... (show all)hen Alzheimer's claimed her at a relatively young age.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She was no longer surprised by the misting of tears in Marty's eyes. It was something that occurred nearly every time Bailey told her she loved her. She had to remind herself that Marty had spent a lifetime without love. She knew Marty would never take this for granted.
Marty smiled and looked back to the ocean, blinking several times to keep her tears away. She squeezed Bailey's hand tightly.
"I love you."
The breeze carried the words away, but they were etched in Bailey's heart.
Forever.
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