Say No to Murder

Ocean of Death . . .

I just wanted to get back to the Amy Denise, my temporary home, and sleep. I pushed the dinghy into the tide, climbed in, and reached into the bottom for an oar to push off with. My hand grabbed pure air.

“What the . . . ?” Somebody had stolen both oars. The life jackets were gone as well.

I was too tired to cuss or care as I jerked the engine to life. The dinghy puttered faithfully against the choppy tide, until a heavy swell rocked the little boat violently—and the entire engine slid off of the stern into the ocean. Another wave hit the boat broadside, and suddenly I was in the water, gagging and flailing.

The water was very cold, and getting rougher. I treaded water and craned my neck to look for the Amy Denise. She was only a dim shape in the night. Determinedly, I struck out against the tide, and with the first overhand stroke, I knew my effort was doomed.

Engines don’t just fall off boats, I thought. Somebody had not wanted me to return safely to the Amy Denise. Somebody had not wanted me to keep asking questions.

Suddenly I knew who’d committed the murders. And I wouldn’t live to tell Geof about it, and the killer would go free . . .

Books by Nancy Pickard

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Say No to Murder

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to my mother and father