Run Catch A Kill is a companion piece to my Montey Greene series of books. This short story centers around Tatiana Popov, a beautiful Russian woman who tries hard to keep her true profession as an assassin under wraps when her and Montey's lives collide in a lustful tryst.
Excerpt: 'If I was going to be even more honest with myself I can say I should have known this would be a life altering day the night before when I dragged that man out of the bar in Silver Lake. He said he gave good face, and that was before we tossed a few shots of tequila back. Somewhere between that bar and my place I found out his name was Ricky. As we stumbled into my place I soon found out why he was so authoritative and confident with his ability to eat fur-burgers without leaving teeth marks. I fumbled with his belt buckle, unzipped his pants, stuffed my hand inside expecting to stroke a sleeping cobra to life as we found ourselves entwined within the fibers that made up the carpet we collapsed upon in my small living room. Instead, what my fingers found themselves fondling felt more like three little marbles. Most men would have probably stopped me, pulled my hand out, given some excuse about being too inebriated to have a full erection. But this man encouraged me by holding my hand in place, urging me to take hold of whatever I could. I grabbed the little stub in the middle and soon felt the blood rushing through my fingertips as it began to swell. I figured, jackpot, I'm going to get slammed good tonight. As it were my panties had come off when I excused myself to use the ladies room before we even left that watering hole. Not because I wanted to mount his surfboard right then and there and ride the wave of fluids I felt gushing from between the watering hole of my own, but because they had turned into a soggy annoyance.'
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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