Murder in the Choir (The Jazz Phillips Mystery Series) (38 page)

I also ran into Dick Kruger one day when I was in Washington. He was working for the Agency by then and was very taken with his companion. Over lunch, Kruger’s beloved confided that they met in Little Rock where McKee had sent her to help persuade Kruger to leave the FBI and join the Agency. Cassie herself had been with the Bureau for a couple of years and knew the issues he faced. What McKee didn’t anticipate when he sent her south was that the interview might turn romantic. As Cassie told me, much to Kruger’s discomfort, it was lust at first sight.

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About the Author

Joel B. Reed is the author of seventeen novels, six nonfiction books, and two works of poetry. Most of his titles are in print and are available through White Turtle Books (whiteturtlebooks.com) and at Amazon. Murder In The Choir is the first in a series of mystery stories featuring Jazz Phillips, former head of the Arkansas CID. A former resident of Hope, Arkansas, where he wrote his first novel,
Angels Fight Dirty
, Reed grew up in the Big Bend area of Texas. He now makes his home with his wife and three furry ‘kids’ in western Minnesota.