Shepherd's Watch
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After a bit of online research, Cousin Rachel discovers that this wasn’t the first time Detective Gekas had helped the family out, that she’d assisted in a case last year involving a murdered girl connected to the family’s son. The son and another boy had apparently later saved a young woman and unmasked the murderer.
It doesn’t take Cousin Rachel long to uncover that the friend of the boy is one and the same as the boy in critical condition. It takes only a phone call or two and she has his name: Charles Wolfe.
She doesn’t know him, exactly, but she does recognize the last name.
Could it be…?
She looks up. Her son smiling and waving; she smiles and waves back.
A moment later, she looks down at her phone again. Yes, she would need to do more research and see if there was a connection. But if this Charles Wolfe is as curious as he certainly seems to be, she might hear from him at some point anyway.
Unless, of course, he becomes a problem she needs to deal with first.
acknowledgments
Thank you to our first readers, Anna and Kate, and our extreme gratitude to Nathan Mader for helping us out with our draft early on. We have a lot of questions during the writing process, and our thanks go to Angie’s students and Constable Blair Randall of the Regina Police Service for helping to answer some of them.
We are indebted to Creative Saskatchewan for their generous assistance in the production of our books, and to Donovan Bergman and the print team at Friesens. We’d also like to recognize our proofreader, Linda Sawatzky, for helping us cross the finish line, and give huge special thanks to Heather Nickel, who works with us to bring our books to life.
Angie would like to thank the Creator for this beautiful, crazy adventure. David would like to thank his wife and kids for their love and support.
Finally, thank you to our friends, family, and readers who have supported us on this journey. Without you, we’d be nothing.
about the authors
DAVID GANE is a writer, teacher, and stay-at-home dad. He writes film scripts and fiction, and has also composed poetry, plays, and academic film reviews. He occasionally teaches screenwriting at the University of Regina.
ANGIE COUNIOS teaches by day, and writes film scripts and fiction the rest of the time. When she’s not teaching or writing, she’s packing a bag for another adventure, completing a goal list, playing with her camera or practising yoga.
Find them at www.couniosandgane.com