The Extraordinary Life of Amy Winston, Book 3
by Liza O'Connor
by Liza O'Connor
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Lies & Deceit, The Extraordinary Life of Amy Winston, @Liza0Connor
LIES & DECEIT
THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF AMY WINSTON
BOOK 3
BLURB
Despite her lack of dowry and cloudy past, Amy Winston becomes one of the most sought-after young ladies in the London marriage mart. Some desire her for her beauty and charm while others appreciate her unique skills of seeing with her mind, healing with her hands, and disappearing in plain sight. By her choice of husbands, she secures her safety. However, her marriage almost brings the English Parliament to its knees.
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While the Scotland Yard Inspector and Ann initially got off on the wrong foot, Ann now perceives him to be the finest inspector in Scotland Yard. Nor does his arrival at her home so early in the morning surprise her. In fact, she was most pleased with his arrival.
EXCERPT
Ann sipped her fourth cup of coffee when Dodson announced Inspector Yardrow wished to speak to her. She was pleased it was Yardrow.
She told Dodson to bring him into the breakfast room. When he arrived, she could tell he was not happy with the task he had been assigned.
“May I offer you coffee or tea, Inspector? It is very early to start your day.”
“I apologize for waking you so early.” He paused as he noticed Ann was fully dressed. “I would have come before this had I known you would rise so soon after a ball.”
“It’s been an unusual morning.” Ann sipped her tea and smiled benignly. “How may I help you?”
“At nine, I will return with a warrant to search the house for Amy Winston and return her to her legal guardian. My men will search all the rooms. I will instruct them to cause no damage and not to frighten the children. I come ahead so I may apologize in advance for this miscarriage of justice. Sadly, I could not convince my supervisor that I had sufficient evidence to charge Dupree with the murder of his wife. I wish there was something I could do, but if I refuse to perform this search, then another will do it in my place.”
“You are a good man and I would like to apologize for the threats I laid upon you the last time we met. I will see you at nine, at which time you will be informed Amy is missing and we do not know where she is.”
Yardrow sighed with what sounded like relief.
“I may be weeping so that you cannot understand half my words, but hopefully you will make out that Amy was abducted from her room and driven away in a carriage sometime in the night. I will, of course, insist you find her. You will do your best, for your efforts are not just for us, but for Dupree as well. But you will not find her until Dupree is no longer her guardian.”
“And when is that expected to be?”
“I hope in two or three weeks, but it is easy to underestimate that man. He is a mix of stupidity and cleverness, and the cleverness has taken me by surprise on many turns.”
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More About the Author
Liza O’Connor’s favorite books are Pride & Prejudice and Douglas Adams’ four book trilogy, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Go figure…
Raised in the southern midsection of U.S., Liza escaped to the East Coast once out of college. She’s worked as a journalist, a radio DJ, a security guard, a stockbroker, a strategist, and a business solutions consultant to name a few of her many occupations. Again…go figure.
She learned to fly planes, jump out of planes, hang-glide, kayak and scuba dive, to name of few of her ‘let’s kill Liza’ sports. However, her favorite activity is to hike with her dog Jess among the shaved mountains of NJ.
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