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“Thanks for waiting,” said Nate.

“Sorry,” she said. He was wearing cargo shorts, despite the fact that there was a little chill in the air, and a T-shirt that said MY OTHER CAR IS A DRAGON.

“You really love this stuff, don’t you?” he said, sitting down next to her on the damp grass.

“It’s like you’re at murder Disney World.”

“Murder Disney World would be amazing.”

“That’s true,” he said. “I’d go to that.”

My senior English teacher looked like that!

“Act first, apologize later.”

She felt Nate staring at her. “I don’t know if this is going to count for three chapters,” he said, digging his hands into his pockets. “We’ve only been doing this for a week.”

“What did Dr. Quinn say?”

“That she would consider it when she saw it. But she looks like she considers broken bottles to be part of your complete breakfast.”

What was she? It was too presumptuous to say detective; she wasn’t really a law officer or private investigator and she had never really solved a case. Crime buff just sounded like a weird hobbyist with a high gloss. Her solution was not to give herself a title, but to state an activity.
“I study crime,” she said.
“To do it or stop it?” Ellie said.
“To stop it,” Stevie said, “but it probably works either way.”

Okay, ngl... I generally avoid female-centric stories. I need to relate to at least a few characters in my books but I am not, and have no intention of ever being, female. However, I have been totally engaged with this since page 1. Two main aspects of all stories: the story and how the story is told. I love the story blurb and I REALLY love how it's being told! Delicious writing and I'm savoring every single word!