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by William G. Tapply


  She held out her arms and took the cat, which seemed to nestle against Sharon’s chest. “For me?” she asked.

  I nodded. “If you want her. Her name’s Sparky. She was Wayne’s.”

  Sharon stared at me. “Wayne had a cat?”

  I smiled. “According to the girl at the shelter, he took very good care of her. This kitty is healthy and happy. She’s been well loved.”

  She rubbed her cheek against the cat’s fur. “I will cherish her,” she said.

  My phone rang at eleven thirty that night. It was Alex’s turn to call. “Hi, babe,” I said.

  “You all tucked in?”

  “I am. You?”

  “Mm,” she said. “Tomorrow at this time you’ll be here tucked in with me.”

  “If we can outwit the trolls,” I said.

  “I’m not sure I believe in trolls,” said Alex. “I’d rather believe in fairies.”

  “I think we can have it both ways.”

  “Trolls and fairies?”

  “And wicked stepmothers and fairy godmothers,” I said. “It’s a more interesting world with all of them, don’t you think?”

  “A more complicated world, anyway.” She chuckled softly. “I’m at a good place with my novel,” she said. “I’m not going to think about it all weekend. I’m just going to hang out with you and Henry. Walk in the woods, paddle our kayaks, cook good food, watch some old movies, and snuggle in bed. I can’t wait.”

  “I’m at a good place, too,” I said.

  Also by William G. Tapply

  The Brady Coyne Novels

  Hell Bent

  One-Way Ticket

  Out Cold

  Nervous Water

  Shadow of Death

  A Fine Line

  Past Tense

  Scar Tissue

  Muscle Memory

  Cutter’s Run

  Close to the Bone

  The Seventh Enemy

  The Snake Eater

  Tight Lines

  The Spotted Cats

  Client Privilege

  Dead Winter

  A Void in Hearts

  The Vulgar Boatman

  Dead Meat

  The Marine Corpse

  Follow the Sharks

  The Dutch Blue Error

  Death at Charity’s Point

  The Stoney Calhoun Novels

  Dark Tiger

  Gray Ghost

  Bitch Creek

  Nonfiction

  Bass Bug Fishing

  A Fly-Fishing Life

  The Elements of Mystery Fiction

  Sportsman’s Legacy

  Home Water

  Opening Day and Other Neuroses

  Those Hours Spent Outdoors

  Other Fiction

  Thicker Than Water (with Linda Barlow)

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  OUTWITTING TROLLS. Copyright © 2010 by Vicki Stiefel Tapply. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

  www.minotaurbooks.com

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Tapply, William G.

  Outwitting trolls: a Brady Coyne novel / William G. Tapply.—1st ed.

  p. cm.

  ISBN: 978-0-312-53127-0

  1. Coyne, Brady (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Lawyers—Massachusetts—Boston—Fiction. 3. Murder—Investigation—Fiction. 4. Boston (Mass.)—Fiction. I. Title.

  PS3570.A568O99 2010

  813'.54—dc22

  2010032515

 

 

 


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