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‘RICO STAYS‘ – (Pigeon -Blood Red – Book #3) by ED DUNCAN
BOOK BEGINNINGS / FIRST LINES
CHAPTER ONE
“It was a nice day for a ballgame: sunny and mild in the mid-seventies with a slight breeze blowing in from left field. Rico inhaled, appreciating the sweet scent of steaming hot dogs that hung in the air just above the stadium seats.
‘Here we go. Into the bottom of the seventh, all tied up one to one. This has turned into a dandy.’
Rico opened his eyes. It was a nice day for a ballgame, all right, but he was watching it on TV from his favorite easy chair. There were no hotdogs. He had closed his eyes for a second between innings and had drifted away, only to be ushered back to wakefulness by the practiced cadence of the announcer’s voice.
‘Oh, well,’ he said to himself out loud. ‘Time for a beer.’ He rose and as he did, his phone rang. It was his land line, a relic he knew, but after so many years, he couldn’t bear to part with it. Almost no one called him on it except telemarketers and, of course, his stunningly attractive girlfriend, Jean. Along with the remote, the phone rested on a small side table next to his chair. He glanced at the caller I.D., grabbed the remote, and lowered the volume on the TV. He picked up the phone and eased back down into his chair. ‘Hit me,’ he said.
‘Still watching the game?’ Jean asked, on the other end.
‘Yeah.’
‘Close game?’
‘Right again.’
‘I guess it wouldn’t be the best time to ask for a favour then.’
‘Three out of three,’ he said.
‘What if I asked real nice?’ she teased.
‘That wouldn’t help,’ Rico said.
Jean frowned and rolled her eyes. ‘Rico-‘
‘But I’ll come and get you anyway.’
‘Read my mind again,’ Jean said.
‘It doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to figure out you bought more than you and the old guy could carry. Do me a favour. Next time take the car.’ …
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My review is currently scheduled for 10th August 2020
I’ll let you into a little secret…I just know that this scene of perfect domestic bliss is not going to be what it seems!
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‘RICO STAYS‘ – (Pigeon -Blood Red – Book #3) by ED DUNCAN
After enforcer Richard “Rico” Sanders stepped in to protect his girlfriend from a local mob boss’s hot-headed nephew, all hell broke loose.
When the smoke cleared, the nephew had vanished, but three goons who had tried to help him lay dying where they’d stood. Fighting for his life, Rico was alive but gravely wounded.
Out of the hospital but not fully recovered, he needed a place to crash – a place where he wouldn’t be found by men who surely would be looking. A place like the cabin owned by lawyer Paul Elliott, whose life Rico had saved more than once. Trouble was, Paul’s girlfriend hadn’t forgotten Rico’s dark history. Or Paul’s fascination with him.
Using Rico’s girlfriend as bait, vengeful killers soon would be coming for him. The only question was whether he would face them alone or with help from Paul.
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