Thief
By Annie Reed
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Before Abby Maxon became a private investigator, she was a victim of crime.
When campus security shows no interest in finding the man who stole her purse, college student Abby Maxon embarks on her first unofficial investigation. But tracking down the thief who's made the campus his hunting ground is dangerous business, especially for an amateur sleuth who's on the trail of someone far more dangerous than she realizes.
SPECIAL BONUS MATERIAL: This edition of THIEF includes an excerpt from the Abby Maxon mystery novel PRETTY LITTLE HORSES.
"The appearance of a new Annie Reed story is a treat. Try one and you'll be hooked." -- Dave Hendrickson, author of CRACKING THE ICE, forthcoming from WestSide Press
"Annie Reed draws a pitch-perfect portrait of the Nevada desert and peoples it with folks so real I want to drive out by Vegas and try to find the Forty Winks Motel and check up on how everyone's doing. Its quiet voice and fast pace weave together to make any reader care." -- Cindie Geddes, Editor, Lucky Bat Books.
"A friend recommended the works of Annie Reed. I was not disappointed. In fact, if her other shorts are as good as this one, I plan to read many more." -- Carol Davis Luce, author of NIGHT GAME (reviewing CHANGELING)
Author Annie Reed is a prolific, award-winning writer whose stories have been published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine as well as in numerous science fiction and fantasy anthologies.
Annie Reed
Award-winning author and editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch calls Annie Reed “one of the best writers I’ve come across in years.”Annie’s won recognition for her stellar writing across multiple genres. Her story “The Color of Guilt” originally published in Fiction River: Hidden in Crime, was selected as one of The Best Crime and Mystery Stories 2016. Her story “One Sun, No Waiting” was one of the first science fiction stories honored with a literary fellowship award by the Nevada Arts Foundation, and her novel PRETTY LITTLE HORSES was among the finalists in the Best First Private Eye Novel sponsored by St. Martin’s Press and the Private Eye Writers of America.A frequent contributor to the Fiction River anthologies and Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Annie’s recent work includes the superhero origin novel FASTER, the near-future science fiction short novel IN DREAMS, and UNBROKEN FAMILIAR, a gritty urban fantasy mystery short novel. Annie’s also one of the founding members of the innovative Uncollected Anthology, a quarterly series of themed urban fantasy stories written by some of the best writers working today.Annie’s mystery novels include the Abby Maxon private investigator novels PRETTY LITTLE HORSES and PAPER BULLETS, the Jill Jordan mystery A DEATH IN CUMBERLAND, and the suspense novel SHADOW LIFE, written under the name Kris Sparks, as well as numerous other projects she can’t wait to get to. For more information about Annie, including news about upcoming bundles and publications, go to www.annie-reed.com.
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Thief - Annie Reed
THIEF
Annie Reed
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Copyright 2011 by Annie Reed
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Thief
Annie Reed
The Frisbee missed the top of Abby Preston's head by a mere inch, if that. She ducked, even though by the time her head moved, the Frisbee was already skimming the green grass of the quad behind where she sat trying to concentrate on her Sociology 101 assignment.
Hey!
She looked up at Ryan in mock annoyance. Watch where you're throwing that thing.
Ryan leaned down and kissed the top of Abby's head. That's not what you said last night,
he murmured just loud enough for her to hear.
Abby felt the heat rise in her cheeks. She'd only been dating Ryan for a month and sleeping with him for two weeks, and she wasn't quite comfortable yet with the newness of their relationship. College life was tough enough without complicating it by throwing a boyfriend into the mix. Then, of course, there was the whole don't worry, dear, you'll find someone to settle down with in college
thing from her mother. That, more than anything else, was why she'd resisted Ryan Maxon's attempts to flirt with her for as long as she had. The last thing Abby wanted to do was fulfill her mother's expectations.
Are you going to make out with your girlfriend or play Frisbee?
The question came from Jimmy Fisher, Ryan's best friend. Abby's cheeks grew warmer. That was another thing. Dating Ryan didn't mean just hanging out with Ryan. It meant tagging along with Ryan and Jimmy while they did their ex-high school jock thing. In their case, it meant watching them try to beat each other in whatever sport happened to catch their fancy. Today it was tossing a Frisbee around the University of Nevada - Reno quad. The afternoon before, it had been killer tennis on the university courts. The day before that, touch