She just suddenly knew she wasn’t alone in the apartment.
Heat reached for her gun, drawing it from its holster as silently as she could. She took another step, listening intently for the sound of breathing, or for the creak of a floorboard, or for any small noise that would indicate where the intruder was.
Then she heard: “You can put your weapon away, Captain.”
It was a man’s voice, a familiar one. But Heat couldn’t quite place it. With her weapon still raised she eased her free hand over toward a light switch and flicked it on.
Sitting there calmly in her mother’s favorite chair was a ruggedly handsome man with dark hair, dark eyes, a square jaw, and an impressive build.
Heat recognized him immediately. He had, very briefly, been a suspect in a case she had caught a few years earlier, about a currency trader who had been brutally murdered. She had since come to learn that he was considered one of the greatest assets of the US government, a man who had saved the world many times over.
“Derrick Storm?” she said in disbelief.
“Hello, Nikki,” he said. “We need to talk about your mother.”
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RICHARD CASTLE is the author of numerous bestsellers, including Heat Wave, Naked Heat, Heat Rises, Frozen Heat, Deadly Heat, Raging Heat, Driving Heat, Storm Front, and Wild Storm, and the Derrick Storm eBook original trilogy. When he’s not writing bestsellers, Mr. Castle consults with the NYPD’s Twelfth Precinct on New York’s strangest homicides.
He was recently honored by the Allonym Institute with the Brad Parks Distinguished Service Award for his contribution to law enforcement.
Mr. Castle lives in Manhattan with his family, all of whom infuse his life with humor and inspiration.
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