A Twisted Affair
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"W and W Investigative Services, Incorporated. Brenda Pierce, speaking. Who's calling, please?" "Hello, Brenda," a pleasant voice replied. "Who's calling, please?" "Don't you recognize me, Sweetie Pie?" "Sir, please identify yourself and who you'd like to speak to." "Ah, Brenda. How soon we forget. Tsk, tsk." Brenda was at a loss. She couldn't identify the caller, nor did she want to. She stared at the receiver, wracking her mind for who it might be, then it hit her. "Oh, no!" She pushed down on the receiver bar to disconnect. Shaking, she clutched the receiver to her chest. When she turned, she saw her boss, Laura Winslow, who never used her married name, enter the room with a big smile. "Hello, Love. How's it going?" When she didn't get a reply, she came closer, looked at her friend, then gently uncurled her fingers from the receiver and replaced it in its cradle. "Brenda?" Brenda shook her head, muttering, "It can't be. It just can't be him. It can't!" Laura didn't know what to make of that. She walked around the desk and took Brenda's hands to pull her from the chair, wondering what could've unsettled her so. Brenda had no one in her life except Brooks, Sam, and Laura, so who could've upset her? Laura guided Brenda to a small leather couch. "Want some coffee?" she asked softly. Brenda shook her head, then tears came. Her sobs wrenched Laura's heart. "I thought he was dead," Brenda muttered. "Who?" "Someone I knew a long time ago." "Well, if that someone has a name, why don't you tell me about him?" "I can't. What will I tell Brooks? If he ever finds out, he won't want to have anything to do with me. He'll divorce me for sure, and I still haven't told him we're going to have a baby!" "You're going to have what?" "A baby, damn it! Don't you understand a word I've said?" "Now, now, Brenda. Don't get your dander up. All isn't lost. If you would just tell me what's bothering you, I'll understand the situation better. We're here to help."
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Laura Marie Winslow and Sam Watsky received a call from the Mayor of New York City to assist the police in finding the person responsible for a recent series of murders. Laura, who had no experience solving murders, and Sam, who was much against their involvement, accepted another job and declined the Mayor’s request to assist the police. They were called by the Multi Electronic company to find out who was stealing from their inventories, but the CEO of the company made life rather difficult for them, so both walked away from this assignment. When a murder occurred in one of the stores, he cried for them to return. In the meantime, Mayor Collins had to deal with a personal crisis of his own. His daughter, Melinda, had marital problems and was raped by her husband after she threw him out. A tearful Mayor called in W&W to please assist in this tragedy. However, unbeknownst to W&W, the Mayor also called on the FBI, which created a problem, as Laura was divorced from an FBI’s big gun. Way into the investigation, W&W found that the Mayor’s daughter’s problems were indirectly connected to the murders. Not only were they dealing with imposters, but a doctor, electronic devices no one ever saw, and manly tragedies. No one envisioned how these murders were possible without a mark on the bodies, so everyone was stymied. Laura pursued the criminals relentlessly with her expertise in electronics, uncovering surprising secrets and creating several of her own.
About the Author
Ruth Jonassohn left Germany as a child in 1939, and moved with her parents and siblings to La Paz, Bolivia, where she spent her childhood years. In 1949, they moved to the United States and settled in New Jersey. Ruth went to Business College and then worked in New York and Connecticut for a Nonprofit Corporation in the Baking Industry as a Packaging Buyer and Purchasing Manager. She was also a member of the Packaging Institute, U.S.A. In 1982, she and her husband moved to Tamarac, Florida, where she became an active member of the Board of Directors for their association. She is trilingual and enjoys classical music, opera, theater, reading, and writing. She is the author of six published novels.