Blood On The Bayou: A Cafferty & Quinn Novella - Plot & Excerpts
Everyone seemed to think that the rougarou had awakened, so they were all staying armed and close to home.“I’m going to have a bunch of shot-up tourists on my hands soon enough,” Deerfield said, looking a bit like a disgruntled bulldog.They saved Selena Duarte for the next to the last and planned on visiting Julian Henri’s property last. Quinn hopped up on the dock at Selena Duarte’s rustic wood home on the water. He knocked at the door several times, peered in the window, and knocked again.No answer.He headed back down to the dock to speak with Beauchamp and Deerfield.“She’s not there,” he said.“Selena’s there,” Deerfield said. “She’s just being an old pain in the ass.”Deerfield hopped to the dock and left Beauchamp and Quinn to tie up the boat.“Selena, you ornery cuss. It’s Detective Deerfield. Open the damned door.”To Quinn’s surprise, the door opened.Selena Duarte was white haired and wrinkled to the nines, and she appeared to be older than the earth itself.“What the hell you doing out here, bothering an old woman?
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