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“No, but I might get to keep my badge. And even Cliff Siebert might get to keep his. He fessed up, you know. That he was the leak.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be. No one twisted his arm.”

“Yeah, I kinda did.”

“He’s a big boy. So, what about you? What are you going to do with your life?”

“Write that book you promised me the exclusive on. I started today. Since Joey’s dead, we won’t have to worry about a trial.”

“So, you’ll stick around?”

“Mmm.” She picked up a sliver of cinnamon roll and popped it into her mouth. “Tom Fink called. Wants me to come back. Has offered me the crime beat.”

“And?”

“And it’ll be the proverbial cold day in hell before that happens.” She laughed and licked her fingers. “I also got a call from a newspaper in Chicago and one in Atlanta, but…I don’t know. Chicago gets awfully cold in the winter.”

“And Atlanta?”

She lifted a shoulder.

“I thought you wanted the big break. To work for a real, respected newspaper.” Bracing himself on the counter next to her, he held her gaze with his. Thoughtfully, his eyes narrowed. “Just what the hell is it you’re really looking for, Gillette?”

“What do you mean?”

“Out of life. What do you want? You’ve always been so damned ambitious, always talking about going to the big city to make your mark. What now?”

“I’m not sure.”

“Really? That doesn’t sound like you.”

“Well, then, how about a big, burly, brusque cop to keep me in line?” She took a piece of cinnamon roll and playfully fed it to him.

He grinned around the morsel. “Yeah, right. That’s what would make you happy, all right,” he said sarcastically. “It would last five minutes. Ten, tops.”

“Well…it just so happens I have five minutes.”

He stared at her, then glanced at the bedroom door. “You mean…now?”

She winked and twined her fingers through his. “Exactly. See…you figured that out all by yourself. You really are an ace detective, aren’t you?”

Dear Reader,

As I write this, it’s December and, if you’ve finished THE MORNING AFTER, you know it ends in winter as well. It’s fitting, I think, as my next project was DEEP FREEZE, the story of Jenna Hughes, a woman who’s escaped the trappings of L.A. for some peace in the Columbia Gorge of Oregon.

But her past follows her north and a deadly killer who’s been stalking her for years is poised to wreak his own special chilling havoc upon her. It’s winter, the first snow is beginning to fall, and the killer’s blood lust runs deep and cold.

I’ve included an excerpt for the book on the next few pages, so please read on. DEEP FREEZE is now available.

As always, I’ve updated my website with the release of THE MORNING AFTER. So log onto www.lisajackson.com for excerpts, a radio commercial and new contests and polls. I’ve also posted the dates and cities where I’ll be signing books on my tour.

Don’t forget to check out www.themysterymansion.com and partake of the Quest. It’s an interactive game where you get a bird’s eye view of the lairs of the killers in my recent books. I have games and prizes in this creepy haunted house. Come in and look around.

Keep Reading!

Lisa Jackson

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