Orchid Beach

Contents

Chapter 1

Holly Barker, with the rest of the crowd, was called…

Chapter 2

Holly drove across the bridge over the sound at the…

Chapter 3

Holly found the municipal building half a block off the…

Chapter 4

Two minutes passed before Hurd Wallace made his entrance. Holly…

Chapter 5

Holly stopped by the station and took the trash bag…

Chapter 6

Holly waited a moment, then got down on her knees…

Chapter 7

Holly went through Hank Doherty’s safe and found three hundred…

Chapter 8

Holly went back to the station, taking Daisy with her.

Chapter 9

Holly lay in a deep sleep, dreaming of nothing in…

Chapter 10

Holly stood in front of the little airport terminal building…

Chapter 11

Holly picked up some groceries on the way home, avoiding…

Chapter 12

Holly was finishing a sandwich at her desk the following…

Chapter 13

Holly drove the chief’s car home after work. She stopped…

Chapter 14

Holly entered the courtroom and took a seat in the…

Chapter 15

Holly followed the two officers into her office and closed…

Chapter 16

Holly drove south on A1A and slowed at the spot…

Chapter 17

The car was a Toyota Camry, late eighties, before the…

Chapter 18

Holly started to change out of her uniform. “I’ve got…

Chapter 19

Holly slept alone, though Jackson Oxenhandler had made it clear…

Chapter 20

Back at her desk, Holly called in Hurd Wallace and…

Chapter 21

Holly drove north on A1A, with Daisy in the front…

Chapter 22

Holly worked seven days a week for her first two…

Chapter 23

Holly set down the drinks, got the Beretta from her…

Chapter 24

Holly heard the surf before she opened her eyes. Then…

Chapter 25

They showered together, then went for a walk on the…

Chapter 26

They drove north on A1A from the center of the…

Chapter 27

Holly nearly fell into the trailer, with Daisy snarling, trying…

Chapter 28

Holly woke up at nine forty-five and reached for Jackson,…

Chapter 29

Holly and Jackson led the way, followed by Ham and…

Chapter 30

Palmetto Gardens had only one listed phone number; apparently all…

Chapter 31

On Sunday afternoon Holly, Jackson and Ham took Chet Marley’s…

Chapter 32

Jackson used a card with a magnetic strip to open…

Chapter 33

Jackson set the little airplane down on the sand, cut…

Chapter 34

The middle of the following week, Holly had her job…

Chapter 35

Holly was sitting at her desk half an hour later…

Chapter 36

They were shown to a table overlooking the ocean and…

Chapter 37

Holly stood in the entrance hall of the municipal building,…

Chapter 38

Holly drove out A1A to Sebastian Inlet, and took a…

Chapter 39

Holly started the next day by asking Jane Grey to…

Chapter 40

Harry Crisp looked less like an FBI agent than Holly…

Chapter 41

Holly had begun going through the departmental personnel files, something…

Chapter 42

Holly didn’t have to wait long. When she got back…

Chapter 43

Holly worked late on the personnel files, then went home,…

Chapter 44

At eleven o’clock the phone on Holly’s desk rang. She…

Chapter 45

Holly sat and waited, staring at Mosely. Daisy made the…

Chapter 46

Holly went straight to Jackson’s house after work. One of…

Chapter 47

The next morning, Holly was back at her desk. She…

Chapter 48

After work, Holly drove out to Jackson’s house, with Hurd…

Chapter 49

Rita Morales showed up at the service gate to Palmetto…

Chapter 50

Holly sat at Jackson’s dining table and listened to Rita’s…

Chapter 51

Ham Barker got into bed and turned on the TV,…

Chapter 52

Rita turned up on time for work at Palmetto Gardens,…

Chapter 53

Harry Crisp looked at his wristwatch, then at the group…

Chapter 54

Holly was wakened from a deep sleep by the telephone.

Chapter 55

Holly went into the office like a good girl, but…

Chapter 56

Holly got changed and fed Daisy. She still had a…

Chapter 57

Holly, Daisy, Hurd, Jackson, and Ham all arrived at the…

Chapter 58

At two A.M., after nearly eight hours of briefings and…

Chapter 59

Harry Crisp jumped out of his seat. “There’s five!” he…

Chapter 60

Holly sat in the dining room of the Palmetto Gardens…

Chapter 61

Holly waited for Hurd Wallace to arrive and take over…

Chapter 62

The evening was growing cool. Holly and Jackson sat on…

Acknowledgments

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Praise

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