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Curiosity Kills [MultiFormat]
eBook by Linda Roberts
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eBook Category: Mainstream/Mystery/Crime
eBook Description: Maddie McKenzie, vacationing investigative reporter, stumbles upon a conspiracy of international proportions. People are dying. Operation Titan and its ruthless puppet masters must be stopped.
eBook Publisher: Wings ePress, Inc, Published: 2008, 2008
Fictionwise Release Date: August 2008
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [708 KB], eReader (PDB) [222 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [211 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [194 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [189 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [234 KB], hiebook (KML) [495 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [318 KB], iSilo (PDB) [176 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [224 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [258 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [306 KB]
Words: 66391
Reading time: 189-265 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
aid as I took a dive, tumbling into a hole behind a small hill just past the Annabelle, ducking out of sight. It looked like they wanted to be sure I didn't hang around this area too long. I didn't get a good look at their faces, but it looked like they were wearing some sort of jacket. I didn't think they were dressed for working at a mine.
"Where did she go?" I heard one of them ask. "Don't know. Guess she kept on running. Nothing to worry about. I'm sure she's harmless." "Did you see that bod? Boy, would I like to get a piece of her." "In your dreams," I whispered, as I hid behind the hill writhing in pain. My heart was pounding so hard and my breathing was so labored I was afraid they'd hear it and find me for sure. Thought I might have sprained my ankle, but just had scrapes and bruises. I waited for what seemed like an eternity before venturing out of my hiding place. It was getting dark when I began to sneak back the way I came, crouching down low in the ditch alongside the road so I wouldn't be seen. "What the...?" I said, as I stumbled over something. Someone moaned, but I couldn't see who it was. As I reached out to break my fall, I felt something cold and wet. There was a pungent, almost acrid odor in the air, making me shiver. The hair on the back of my neck stood up.
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