Gone Awry
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“Tell
DPD to get the goddam lead out!”
“Charlie
Ten, sounds like they might be heading for Ramsey’s car in the parking garage!”
came the reply of the agent monitoring the bug.
“Christ,
where the hell is it?” David
barked. Avoiding the elevators, he raced
for the fire exit. At the bottom, he was greeted with a three-level garage,
gloomy and packed with vehicles. As he
began a frantic search along the rows, he cursed his carelessness, remembering
that he hadn’t even bothered to confirm what kind of car Ramsey was driving. He
thought it was a silver
“Dear
God, where the hell are they?” He
wailed, scurrying past aisle after aisle, his .45 Colt leveled at combat ready.
As
he raced onto the second level, there came a muffled cry from the far end. Squinting through the gloom, he barely made
out two struggling figures next to a Lincoln Town Car.
“Police!
Don’t move!” he roared and raced towards them.
Seventy
feet, sixty, fifty, David felt as if he were running in sand. Clearly, he could now see Kate and Ramsey
wrestling over a gun. He brought his pistol up to eye level.
“Police!” he shouted
again. Forty feet, thirty... Crack!
Crack! Two shots. The struggling figures had disappeared.
“Jesus!” David screamed as he raced to the spot where
he’d last seen them.
Crumpled
between the
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Book Details
About the Book
When
David and Althia “Tee” Harrowsen
decided to vacation in tiny Rye, Colorado their intention was to do a little
hiking, some gourmet cooking, and for David to contemplate his uncertain future
with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
But
when an unidentified stalker goes after Tee on a mountain trail, an elderly
ranch wife is attacked and seriously injured, and a mysterious young man apparently
commits suicide, they find themselves drawn into a tangle of lies, deceit and
long-slumbering murder.
Aided
by David’s partner, Kate Cordova, they begin to unravel the secrets behind
these seemingly unconnected events. At last, their investigation leads them to
the truth about the dark history of a famiy torn
apart by avarice and hypocrisy.
Gone Awry is the story of perseverence,
fortitude and the price to be paid for sins long buried.
About the Author
DJ
Park, the author of Gone Awry, is a
fictional character just the same as David and Althia
Harrowsen, hero and heroine of the story. DJ is
actually two people, Doug and Jan Parker.
Both have backgrounds in law enforcement, as well as a love of good mysteries,
fine music and the outdoors.
When
not writing, they spend their time travelling in
their RV, hiking and cooking.
Gone Awryis their first novel.