I went to my room and sat on my bed. Maybe I’d read my father’s next journal entry now. I could use a little of his advice.
My throat tightened when I pulled it out and turned to the right page.
I began reading:
I know this next part is going to take you by surprise. But if something happens to me, please know that it may not be an accident or from natural causes. My enemies are trying to find me, and I fear they get closer and closer every day.
I sucked in a breath.
My dad’s heart attack might not have been a heart attack?
If someone killed him . . . I needed to find out who that person was.
That meant I couldn’t quit the agency. I needed to learn all I could about tracking down the bad guys. Oscar wasn’t the best in the business, but Michael might just be.
Tears flooded my eyes as I closed the journal.
“I’m going to do this for you, Papa. I’ll find the person who did this to you.”
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About the Author
USA Today has called Christy Barritt's books “scary, funny, passionate, and quirky.”
Christy writes both mystery and romantic suspense novels that are clean with underlying messages of faith. Her books have won the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Suspense and Mystery, have been twice nominated for the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, and have finaled for both a Carol Award and Foreword Magazine’s Book of the Year.
She is married to her Prince Charming, a man who thinks she’s hilarious—but only when she's not trying to be. Christy is a self-proclaimed klutz, an avid music lover who’s known for spontaneously bursting into song, and a road trip aficionado.
When she's not working or spending time with her family, she enjoys singing, playing the guitar, and exploring small, unsuspecting towns where people have no idea how accident-prone she is.
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