Dangerous Admissions- Secrets of a Closet Sleuth

373 Pages·2016·1.71 MB·English

by  O'Connor Jane

For Jim,
my Irish guy
Contents

Chapter 1
S.W.A.K. KILLER STRIKES AGAIN: PERV MURDERER
STALKS UPPER WEST SIDE... 1
Chapter 2
A COP STOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF WEST END
AVENUE,... 7
Chapter 3
RANNIE REMAINED IN THE GREAT HALL WHILE JEM
MARSHALL BRISKLY... 18
Chapter 4
NATE TOOK ANOTHER BITE OF CEREAL AND STARED
AT OLIVIA,... 26
Chapter 5
IT WAS ONLY A FEW BLOCKS NORTH ON BROADWAY
TO... 29
Chapter 6
AS HE WALKED DOWN BROADWAY, HIS MOTHER
STRUGGLING TO KEEP... 33
Chapter 7
RANNIE STAYED ROOTED IN THE RECEPTION AREA,
SHAMEFACED. NATE was... 39
Chapter 8
HER BROTHER PICKED UP AFTER THE THIRD RING,
SOUNDING ANNOYED. 42
Chapter 9
RANNIE WAS WALKING OUT OF CHAPS AS A PANEL
TRUCK... 46
Chapter 10
MAYBE HIS MOTHER WASN’T COMPLETELY CRAZY.
COPS WERE CRAWLING all... 54
Chapter 11
OLIVIA SHIFTED IN THE BLACK LEATHER RECLINER
OPPOSITE DR. EHRENBURG... 58
Chapter 12
MORE THAN TEN YEARS AGO, IN DEFERENCE TO A
STUDENT... 63
Chapter 13
ARMED WITH HER WEAPON OF CHOICE, A LETHALLY
SHARPENED Col... 72
Chapter 14
AS SOON AS MADAME BERNBAUM SAID “À
DEMAIN” TO EVERYONE... 78
Chapter 15
“WILD IS THE ONLY WAY TO DESCRIBE GEORGE
GORDON, LORD... 81
Chapter 16
“COME ON, NATE. FINISH EATING OR BRING IT WITH
YOU. 85
Chapter 17
THE CRINGE-INDUCING THOUGHT OF SHOWING HER
FACE AT CHAPS... 95
Chapter 18
OLIVIA WAS IN THE BREAKFAST NOOK WITH
CARLOTTA, BOTH DRINKING... 98
Chapter 19
CUSTOM DICTATED THAT NONMEMBERS OF THE
COLONY CLUB USE THE... 102
Chapter 20
“SO GLAD YOU COULD MAKE IT, RANDY! COULD
WE HAVE... 108
Chapter 21
AFTER JEM’S BOMBSHELL, THE PARTY CLEARED
OUT FAST. AS RANNIE... 118
Chapter 22
THE MINUTE OLIVIA HEARD MARSHALL TELLING
ALL THE PARENTS THAT... 121
Chapter 23
THERE WAS NO WAY THE JAG COULD TURN FROM
WEST... 123
Chapter 24
IN THE STANDING-ROOM-ONLY AUDITORIUM,
RANNIE FOUND IT DIFFICULT... 127
Chapter 25
HER FIRST FREE TIME WAS AT LUNCHTIME.
WHIPPING OUT NEW... 130
Chapter 26
RANNIE WALKED FROM DOLORES COURT TO
THE STATION HOUSE, A... 134
Chapter 27
OLIVIA FELT ALMOST LIGHTHEARTED AS THE
JAG APPROACHED NEW Haven... 141
Chapter 28
“NATE A SUSPECT? WHAT, RANNIE, WITH BEAVER
CLEAVER IN THE... 143
Chapter 29
WHEN SHE CAME TO, OLIVIA WAS LOOKING
STRAIGHT THROUGH THE... 146
Chapter 30
ROUTE 27 WAS BLISSFULLY FREE OF TRAFFIC. IN
SUMMER THE... 151
Chapter 31
“YOU GREW!’’ TIM BUTLER STOOD WHEN RANNIE
ARRIVED, BRUSHING back... 158
Chapter 32
NATE WAS PERCHED ON A DRUM STOOL, WIPING
SWEAT OFF... 165
Chapter 33
“IT’S NOT SMUCKER’S RASPBERRY JAM AND I
PREFER CHUNK-STYLE TO... 171
Chapter 34
RANNIE SAT BY THE FLOWER GARDEN IN
RIVERSIDE PARK, THREE... 183
Chapter 35
“TWO EGG-AND-CHEESE SANDWICHES—CHEESE
RUNNY, EGGS DRY . . . 189
Chapter 36
BACK IN HER NEWLY MEDECO-LOCKED
APARTMENT, RANNIE MARINATED
chicken breasts... 192
Chapter 37
SHE WAS IN STANDARD FUNERAL ATTIRE. A
KNEE-LENGTH NAVY SUIT... 199
Chapter 38
THE LITTLE CHURCH ON 108TH BETWEEN
AMSTERDAM AND BROADWAY reminded... 204
Chapter 39
WHEN RANNIE CALLED DAISY, A WOMAN
ANSWERED SAYING THAT MRS. 208
Chapter 40
“DUDE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU’RE NOT
GOING?’’ 213
Chapter 41
DAISY SATTERTHWAITE LOOKED AS IF SHE’D
SHRUNK SINCE LUNCH AT... 216
Chapter 42
IN THE ROSSES’ LIVING ROOM ELLIOT WAS
HOLDING A FORTY-OUNCER... 222
Chapter 43
THE CAB BECAME HOPELESSLY ENSNARLED
IN TRAFFIC ALMOST THE SECOND... 230
Chapter 44
HER PLAN TO SPEND THE GREATER PART OF
THE DAY... 237
Chapter 45
NATE WAS IN THE GREAT HALL. HE TOOK
HIS CELL... 242
Chapter 46
WHILE OLIVIA WAS IN THE CAFETERIA EATING
A DANISH, HER... 243
Chapter 47
“HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE, ‘WHOEVER
DIES WITH THE MOST... 244
Chapter 48
WHEN SERGEANT PERATTA REACHED THE TOP
OF THE STAIRS, HE... 247
Chapter 49
NATE WAS IN THE YEARBOOK ROOM,
HEADPHONES ON, WORKING PATIENTLY... 252
Chapter 50
THE FIVE O’CLOCK FLIGHT TO SAN JOSE HIT
WHITE-KNUCKLE TURBULENCE... 255
Chapter 51
IT WAS AFTER SIX O’CLOCK BY THE TIME
OLIVIA’S SESSION... 256
Chapter 52
THE NEXT MORNING AT FIVE O’CLOCK
CALIFORNIA TIME, RANNIE TRIED... 259
Chapter 53
NATE AWOKE TO HIS CELL PHONE RINGING. HE
GROPED FOR... 262