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    Lucky List
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    Ebook39 pages22 minutes

    Lucky List

    By Rita Schulz

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    James Reece, an unassuming man, works as an account for a bank by day. A heavy debt load forces him to use his skills as a retired thief by night.

    Now married, he must keep his secret from his wife and son.

    But something’s very wrong. Every time he gets to a mark it’s been cleaned out ahead of him. Someone knows his secret.

    A tale where the cat burglar becomes the mouse.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher53rd Street Publishing
    Release dateMar 22, 2015
    ISBN9781507018545
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    Rita Schulz

    Rita lives on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia with, Russ, her husband, who is also a fiction writer. She has written for years and is an alumnus of the Oregon Writers Network, and the Greater Vancouver Chapter of the Romance Writers of America. Her most recently published stories are Fire in Their Hearts with R.G. Hart from Champagne books, and Ladies of the Jolly Roger and Tales of the Fantastic, from 53rd Street Publishing. Please visit her website at http://www.ritacrossley.com to view her other works.  

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      Lucky List - Rita Schulz

      Lucky List

      Lucky

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      Rita Schulz

      53rd Street Publishing

      Lucky

      List

      Rita Schulz

      Published by 53rd Street Publishing

      Copyright 2014 Rita Schulz

      All rights reserved

      Cover art © londondeposit/depsoitphotos

      E-book ISBN: 9781466066922

      Cover designed by R. Edgewood

      Cover design and layout copyright 2014 by 53rd Street Publishing

      53rd Street Publishing

      Head office: Gibsons B.C. Canada

      www.53rdsteetpublishing.com

      This is a work of fiction. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental.

      Lucky

      List

      James feels for the grocery list in the right hand pocket of his gray Harry Rosen sports jacket. His hand slides into the soft fabric of the pocket to the stiff piece of cardboard. The list is

      his

      prop

      .

      James Reece has a special secret, something he calls his ‘guilty pleasure’.

      He is a pleasant looking man in his early fifties with short dark blond hair, green eyes and a warm smile. He lives with his family, a wife and one son, in Vancouver.

      He is a full time banker, a part time thief and he needs money.

      The list has been his good luck prop for a long time. He smiles to himself feeling the old excitement start to rise in his belly. The anticipation is starting to build inside of him. He loves being a thief, but doesn’t indulge in it. He has it under control.

      Well James, do you have anything planned for tonight? asks Marty, his co-worker. Marty unwraps a piece of fruity flavored OC bubble gum and throws the wrapper in James’s garbage. Marty is short and stocky and has a great sense of humor.

      No, I think it’s going to be pretty quiet tonight. Just a little grocery shopping and then home I go. How about you? says James

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