Unfinihed Business

By Brie Kraus

While at a pub with her coworkers, Tammy runs into Barry Scott, a man she investigated for a series of murders, but who managed to get away due to lack of evidence. While leaving, Barry Scott is found dead in a nearby alley, and Tammy is suspect number one. As the evidence piles up, it doesn’t look good for Tammy and she is forced to contact an old friend for help.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Janet McNulty
• Release date: Jun 15, 2014
• ISBN: 9781941488102

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Unfinished Business

Brie Kraus

The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. To the extent any real names of individuals, locations, or organizations are included in the book, they are used fictitiously and not intended to be taken otherwise.

Copyright © 2014 Brie Kraus

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To any who have been accused of something, but were innocent.

Chapter 1

Tears rolled down her eyes that morning. The water inside the droplet of the tear was so peaceful that it was soon rubbed off by the woman who released that tear. Tammy Williams stood in the bathroom one morning. It was a normal morning, as nothing else had changed since that day. Everything was back to normal. Tammy had been back at work for six weeks, and nothing out of the ordinary had happened. As usual, she had gone back to investigating gang killings in the area. She was bored. She was sick of her job, and sick of life. It was fair to say that she had been feeling depressed since she was told the news that her boyfriend had suddenly died; she did love him, after all. Although nobody was to blame for the death other than Danny, Tammy could not help but feel angry, wanting justice for Danny, even though there was no justice to be served.

Tammy returned to the office, where everybody else sat.

Are you alright? asked Miranda, who Tammy detested.

I'm fine, Tammy lied. She just wanted to heave herself through the day and wait until the next day.

She had tried to speak to her mother about it, but it was no use. Even her aunt, who was a vicar, could not help. It would only take time for Tammy to get over his sudden death, although how long that would take was