Detective Francis “Frankie” Ryan brushed her short red hair into place and checked her jacket for coffee stains, noting that her shoulder holster gave her an additional bulge she didn’t need. She called her partner and arranged to meet him at the crime scene and then peered in her bedroom at Nick. She smiled as she glimpsed his head buried under two pillows while his snores rose in volume. A maple bookcase stood across from the bed and housed Nick’s collection of the “Great Books of the Western World” that he insisted on bringing with him when he moved in because his father had given him the set. She never saw him actually read any of the books, but she admired him for paying homage to the man.
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