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- Herausgeber: Next Chapter
- Kategorie: Krimi
- Sprache: Englisch
It started with a hostage and an odd ransom demand.
After the members of the rescue team are killed trying to overcome the abductor, the real action begins. Bombs start going off in the yard, and when armored tanks fail, Niki is called on to free the hostage.
As the hostage crisis becomes a circus of errors and miscalculations, is Niki's skill and expertise enough to keep her alive?
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MURDER EXPLODES WITH A BANG
NIKI DUPRE SHORT STORIES BOOK 4
JIM RILEY
CONTENTS
Mysteries by Jim Riley
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Epilogue
Notes
Next in the Series
About the Author
Copyright (C) 2021 Jim Riley
Layout design and Copyright (C) 2022 by Next Chapter
Published 2022 by Next Chapter
Edited by Lorna Read
Cover art by CoverMint
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the author’s permission.
To the Most Beautiful
You Always Were
You Always Will Be
MYSTERIES BY JIM RILEY
Hawk Theriot & Kristi Blocker Full-Length Mysteries
Murder in the Atchafalaya
Murder in Lake Palourde
Murder by Rougarou
HawkTheriot & Kristi Blocker Short Story Mysteries
Murder at the Haunted House
Murder in the Cemete28ry
Wade Dalton & Sam Cates Full-Length Mysteries
The Girl in the Woods
Murder by Moccasin
Stranded in the Swamp
Wade Dalton & Sam Cates Short Story Mysteries
The Philandering Father
Murder for Lease
Murder and Rubber Chicken
Murder of the Mayor
Niki Dupre Full-Length Mysteries
Murder on Spirit Island
Murder at Tiger Eye
Murder & Billy Bailey
Murder in Louisiana Politics
Murder Under the Sun
Niki Dupre Short Story Mysteries
Murder in the Cards
Murder of the Sheriff
Murder on Autopilot
Murder Explodes With a Bang
Murder for Art
CHAPTERONE
Flavia Wild was as low as possible. Nothing in her life was going in the right direction. Her kids, ages twenty-two and nineteen, had left home to go to college. She seldom heard from them, and when they called, their only requests were to send money. No matter how much she sent from their educational funds, it was never enough. She and her husband, Ron, had not anticipated the steep price hike in a bottle of beer. Both of her sons seem to be getting a major in skirts and an MBA in alcohol consumption.
Her job was in jeopardy. Her small law office was being absorbed by a large legal firm in Baton Rouge. Flavia was a good receptionist, capable of filling in for the paralegals when necessary. But the larger firm already had a receptionist, one with boobs the size of cantaloupes. The other girl was also twenty years younger, and the rumor spread that at least one of the partners in the takeover firm was having a tryst with the bosom beauty.
To top off the week, Ron moved out of the house. He said it was not her fault, just that he no longer wanted to be married. He said he needed some alone time to reassess his path in life.
Then she discovered the automatic payments through their banking account. Ron paid all the bills since he made a lot more money. As an architect, Ron's specialty was the design of multi-million-dollar homes. Some of his layouts were the show homes in Baton Rouge's finest neighborhoods.
He ran with the money crowd. He and Flavia attended the charity galas, the balls, and trips to the Baton Rouge Symphony. They were on the A–list for every social gathering of the capital city's elite.
Until about six months ago. At first, the outings slowed. Even when they went, Ron left his wife as soon as they entered, and she did not see him again until it was time to go home. Then the excursions stopped. Every time they received an invitation, Ron had an excuse not to attend.
Flavia had to re-examine herself. She had put on thirty pounds during her twenty-five year marriage. She enrolled in a Pilates class three days a week. It did not help. As soon as she got home after each one, she ate a bowl of cookie dough ice cream with a generous portion of chocolate syrup to cool down. In the six weeks since she had been doing Pilates, Flavia gained four pounds.
