At least, that’s how the saying went. Judging from the endless parade of everything from men wearing stuffed crocodiles on their heads—for sale, of course—to boys leading tourists balanced precariously on the backs of small donkeys, Elizabeth was inclined to agree. From large pythons wrapped arou...
Catherine asked.Elizabeth shook her head. Catherine had kindly invited them over to Cypress Hill for lunch and Elizabeth had eaten more than her share. She sipped the cool sweet tea and enjoyed a breeze as they sat in the garden.“Thank you though,” Simon said. “It was very kind of you to have us....
The car struggled through the rutted dirt road. Limbs from bushes and trees reached out into the clearing, growing into the space. It had always struck him how alive the bayou was, how it was a living thing. Every inch of it, every waterway, every plant and animal grasping for more. If someone sa...
Blackwood, Elizabeth and Simon had agreed that they needed to find out more about what Vale was up to. What they didn’t agree on was how. They didn’t want to separate, but somehow the idea of Katherine Vale spilling her guts, metaphorically, to Simon was hard to picture. If Elizabeth could get he...
“Trust him, he says.”True to his word, Jack arranged a room down the hall from his. It wasn’t a suite, but it was a definite improvement over their room at the B&B. No more freezing cold trips down the hall in the middle of the night. And, hopefully no Nazis.“Well, he did save our lives.”Simo...
ELIZABETH SHRANK back and tried to push herself through the door. King’s yellow eyes glowed brighter. His nostrils flared as he tilted his head up and stole her scent from the air, a predator finding its prey. He took a step forward, and she flattened herself against the door as tightly as she co...
“Edmund Barrow?” he said. “Yes, I think we’ve established that. Elizabeth?” Simon turned to his wife who smiled at him with her most disarming smile, but Simon was having none of it. He was quite content to remain well-armed for now. “Simon—” He glared at her. “It’s not her fault,” Edmund said. “...