Echoes Of The Bayou: A Heaven Mystery (Heaven Murder Mysteries Book 31)

By one in the afternoon I found a sidewalk cafe and was enjoying lunch when I was suddenly surrounded by police.

Two squads and four officers weapons drawn ordered me to my feet and slammed me face down onto the table while I was handcuffed. I was shoved into the backseat of one of the squad cars and whisk off to the police station without any explanation.

Derek was on the seventh hole when his phone started vibrating in his pocket.He ignored it at first. Then it rang again. And again. By the fourth call, something in his gut tightened.

He stepped away from the tee, muttering an apology to the other players, and answered. “Landly.”

“Chief—” Paul’s voice came through, strained, urgent. “ Kathy has been trying to reach you.Where are you?”

Derek’s stomach dropped. “On a golf course just outside the city. What’s wrong?”

There was a pause—just long enough to confirm that everything was wrong.

“It’s Kathy.” The world seemed to tilt.

“What about her?”

“She’s in custody.”

Derek blinked, trying to process the words. “Custody… for what?”

Another pause. Then “The police say she killed someone.