by Mary Birk
“One of them was the man she was being sold to?”
“Aye. The son of the leader of an obscenely wealthy Moroccan conglomerate. The father, as far as we can tell, had nothing to do with what was going on. His only crime was overindulging his degenerate son.”
“They got what they deserved.” Harry pulled the toothpick holding two olives out of his drink and ate one of the olives.
Allison said, “I can’t believe Tabby’s moved in with Rebecca.”
“Takes all kinds.” John Stirling shook his head. “There’s something seriously off about that young woman.”
“Oscar thinks the two ladies have a pile of Von Zandt’s missing money at their disposal.” Harry ate his other olive. “That’s not the end of trouble in that quarter, I’m thinking.”
“Probably not. But this week we’re on holiday.” Stirling turned his head and smiled his gorgeous smile. Then he stood and moved toward the elegant brunette who’d just boarded. “And now that Tess is here, we can decide where to go on our cruise.”
* * * * *
Reid walked out of the confessional at St. Andrews, wondering how many times he had to confess before he’d believe himself forgiven. Could forgiveness really be given for something one didn’t regret doing, something one would do again, if given the choice? Considering the job he’d agreed to take, having left Walter Von Zandt to his horrible, but well-deserved fate would likely not be the last black stain Reid’s soul would suffer.
He took out his mobile, and rang his wife. “Sorry, my love, running late. Shall I pick up some takeaway?”
About the Author
Mary Birk, a lawyer in her past life, lives in Colorado with her husband. Before embarking on writing fiction, she authored the Colorado Pretrial Handbook, published in 2008, and reissued in 2011 by Bradford Publishing Company. She has been named a Library Journal SELF-E Select author.
This is the fourth book in the Terrence Reid/Anne Michaels series. The second book in the Terrence Reid/Anne Michaels series, The First Cut, won the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Award in the mystery/suspense category in 2014. The first book in the Terrence Reid/Anne Michaels series, Mermaids of Bodega Bay, was a finalist for the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold award in 2013, and was named a SELF-e Top Book of the Year for 2016 by Library Journal.
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Terrence Reid Series
Mermaids of Bodega Bay, Book 1 of the Terrence Reid Mystery Series
**LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2016 SELF-e SELECTION**
Suspecting that his estranged wife is having an affair with a famous artist from a renowned American art dynasty, Scottish Police Superintendent Terrence Reid, heir to a whiskey fortune and Scottish title, travels to the small California seaside town of Bodega Bay to try to win her back—only to discover that her lover’s six-year-old daughter has just been kidnapped.
Anne, a talented historic garden designer, doesn’t know whether to bless or curse the luck that had her husband show up on her doorstep just as disaster strikes the Grainger Art Colony. Moving on after he left her was hard, but she’d done it with Andrew Grainger’s help.
When Anne and her lover become the FBI’s chief suspects, Reid, compelled to exonerate the woman he still loves, steps in to investigate—and in the process, uncovers a shocking web of deceit and danger.
The First Cut, Book 2 of the Terrence Reid Mystery Series
**RMFW COLORADO 2014 GOLD WINNER – MYSTERY **
Cover Design by: JT Lindroos
Scottish Police Superintendent Terrence Reid’s race to derail the money pipeline fueling a string of deadly terrorist attacks suffers a devastating setback when his informant is brutally murdered. Reid’s chief suspect, a ruthless financier, always seems to be one step ahead of him. After one of his men is murdered, Reid suspects he’s got a traitor in own camp. When Reid’s beautiful young wife becomes deeply embroiled in the investigation, things get dangerously personal.
Less Than A Treason, Book 3 of the Terrence Reid Mystery Series
Cover Design by: JT Lindroos
Cover Photos by: citizenthom and Tony Hisgett
Reid tears himself away from a murder investigation in Glasgow to return to his family’s ancestral home in the Highlands for a Christmas house party. Dunbaryn Castle is all decked out for Christmas, but in spite of the elegant trappings, ominous elements vibrate below the house party’s surface. When the murder investigation Reid thought he left behind in Glasgow follows him to the Highlands and the murderer strikes again, this time close to home, his holiday gets cut short. Drawn deep into a labyrinth of family scandals and greed, Reid is forced to confront shattering secrets better left buried.
“Most Gracious Advocate,” Book 4 of the Terrence Reid Mystery Series.
Cover Design by: JT Lindroos
Cover Photos by: William Warby and Ben Brophy
Reid and Anne are back in Glasgow, trying to make a go of their patched-up marriage, when a string of nanny kidnappings hits a little too close to home.
