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    Dragonfly: The Mary Jane Mysteries
    Dragonfly: The Mary Jane Mysteries
    Dragonfly: The Mary Jane Mysteries
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    Dragonfly: The Mary Jane Mysteries

    By Ruby Binns-Cagney

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    About this ebook

    The long-anticipated sequel to 'Vanished' picks right up where the story left off.


    Another time. Another City.
    The horrific murders have begun again: once more dragging the FBI's Profiler, Mary Jane Randall, back into her worst nightmare.


    The Dragonfly has returned.
    New York City is his new target

    The Dragonfly has returned, and his taunts have grown more disturbing for Mary Jane, with her marriage now in shreds and her mind on its last fragment between sanity and hopelessness.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRuby Binns-Cagney
    Release dateJun 13, 2017
    ISBN9781386819677
    Dragonfly: The Mary Jane Mysteries
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    Ruby Binns-Cagney

    Keep in touch - sign up for new releases and save on publication day:http://books2read.com/author/ruby-binns-cagney/subscribe/1/41373/Ruby Binns-Cagney is a successful independently published Author who writes women's fiction (chick-lit) and American-based crime thrillers.Ruby's 'Detective Macaulay' crime series has a following on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/detmacaulay (@DetMacaulay)Ruby has a website and blog - read more details of her publishing services.Through her publishing company - BinnsCagneyPublishing Co - Ruby empowers others to become self-published Authors, and her Team also mentor new Authors.Free Marketing Help Signup:http://eepurl.com/3IsJPAdd her to your Google+ Circles https://plus.google.com/+RubyBinnsCagney/postsPlease visit her website:http://author-tales-of-self-publishing-books.blogspot.co.uk

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      Dragonfly - Ruby Binns-Cagney

      DRAGONFLY

      The Mary Jane Mysteries

      Ruby Binns-Cagney

      Copyright © Ruby Binns-Cagney, BinnsCagneyPublishing Co 2016

      Copyright © Cover Image BinnsCagneyDesign Co 2016

      All rights reserved. The reproduction, transmission or utilization of this work by any means is prohibited without written permission.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters and incidents are either the product of the Author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to locales or to actual persons is purely coincidental.

      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      About the Author

      FURTHER READING

      Chapter 1

      The Westgate Diner on 7th Avenue was open around the clock. It had a retro look, reflective of its splendor during its heyday in the 1950’s; before glass and steel towers graced Manhattan, and digital advertisements flashed on gigantic trons in Times Square.

      What can I get you, Miss? Kandy rocked back and forth on the balls of her tired feet.

      A cappuccino and an egg sandwich on rye please, Mary Jane said.

      The cappuccino machine’s broken. Best I can do is plain filter coffee. How do you want your eggs? Kandy scratched the order onto her white notepad.

      Scrambled. Egg whites only. No butter on the bread. Mary Jane stared at the crossword on her folded over newspaper. Kandy noticed her wedding band and the huge diamond gracing the ring on top of it. The door opened and Kandy’s neck swerved in its direction.

      Take a seat. Be right with you. Kandy collected the menu from Mary Jane and walked away.

      The FBI’s Mary Jane Randall was tired. Coffee would stave off her tiredness, and help her get through the final hour of her graveyard shift. Eating now eliminated having to cook a meal at home later, and would allow her to climb into bed as soon as she got home.

      Mary Jane scanned the laminated menu opposite her. Nothing new had been added to it in almost thirty years. People loved routine, including in their food choices, and anytime Evan and Cindy, the Diner’s owners attempted to introduce change their profits plummeted as their regular customers stayed away.

      Late evening at the Diner was particularly busy. Customers milled around the counter, jostling forward to grab their food amid jaded white collar workers who slammed down their crumpled dollars in payment wordlessly before heading for the turnpike in their cars, blasting out rock music; while Mary Jane worked the New York Times crossword puzzle, unseen.

      Here’s your sandwich and coffee, Miss. Kandy set down the items, spun on her heels, and then quickly cleared the table in the booth behind Mary Jane’s.

      Before Mary Jane could pick up her coffee cup, her pager sounded. She reached for it blindly as it was always butted up alongside her service weapon, and then read the numbers on the screen. Her phone was on the table beside the tiny bowl with tiny pats of butter spilling out onto the red and white-checkered tablecloth. She hit the phone’s first speed dial from the list and then listened; her focus still on the crossword puzzle, and her pen poised. The New York County Chief Medical Examiner, Herbert Simmonds, wanted her to return his call.

      What is it, Herb?

      A body just arrived which was red flagged on the database. Do you still wish to be notified of similar victims to one of your cold cases?

      Which case?

      Peter Rockwell.

      The Dragonfly.

      Mary Jane knew the unsolved case well. Strangulation and mutilation of six female Caucasian victims.

      Yes, but I’m going to finish my sandwich first.

      If you want to drop by, be my guest. Herb hung up. The way he had sounded, she knew this couldn’t wait.

      At the booth behind Mary Jane,

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