The Hole In the Ground Investigation

By M. Garnet

Sandy just wanted to look at the sinkhole. No one had heard of a sinkhole anywhere except Florida, but here was one in a nice neighborhood on the outskirts of Chicago.

Looking at the hole means that the team of a lawyer and vampire will once again come to the rescue of their partner as she falls into the dangerous hands of a Troll King who wants gold and power and the pretty partner who slides down underground into tunnels filled with giant moles, ferrets, groundhogs and whatever else desires to live below the surface.

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Mar 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781487402228

Book preview

In ancient times Trolls lived under bridges and charged gold for anyone who wanted to cross over. But if you live in modern Chicago where all the bridges are free, no one worries about the ugly little guys, right? Yet here was the investigation team, looking in tunnels for short people, all because of a hole in the ground.

Sandy just wanted to look at the sinkhole. No one had heard of a sinkhole anywhere except Florida, but here was one in a nice neighborhood on the outskirts of Chicago.\

Looking at the hole means that the team of a lawyer and vampire will once again come to the rescue of their partner as she falls into the dangerous hands of a Troll King who wants gold and power and the pretty partner who slides down underground into tunnels filled with giant moles, ferrets, groundhogs and whatever else desires to live below the surface.

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The Hole In The Ground Investigation

Copyright © 2015 M. Garnet

ISBN: 978-1-4874-0222-8

Cover art by Carmen Waters

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The Hole In The Ground Investigation

Moore, Moore and More, Investigations 3

By

M. Garnet

Dedication

This is dedicated to the fans who previously asked for fun reading. After the first one, I have found it fun to write, so thank you.

Prologue

By this time, in this poorer section of Chicago, most people knew that the sign on the window meant help for strange problems. The sign read MOORE, MOORE and MORE, INVESTIGATIONS. Below in smaller letters the words explained it all—Legal Advice, Help Solving Family Problems, Guidance in Dealing with the Occult, Satanism, Threats, Cults and Misbehaving Children.

Tom Moore, the attorney for the partners spent very little time in court, since the type of investigations that came to their attention did not often end up in front of a judge.

Rain Decus was the partner of the darkness. He was the money partner as well as a lover of the third partner, Sandy. As a vampire, he spent his time chasing things that went bump in the night.

Finally, there was Rain’s lover and the third partner, Sandy Moore. She was unrelated to Tom, just a coincidence with a last name. She also seemed to have a knack for getting into trouble.

Chapter One

Tammy, the daytime receptionist for the Investigation partnership, was at her desk in the front lobby working on the accounting program.

She ignored the street people who used her office to cool off from the normal-for-late-August steaming heat of Chicago. Tammy no longer asked their business for being there, as each would give some strange answer that was not worth following up and would return in a few days after she threw them out. Besides, most would leave at eleven when the free lunch places opened.

Tammy looked up in surprise as Tom Moore entered. A neat suit and briefcase made him stand out in this crowd.

Good morning, Mr. Moore. Latest newspapers and mail is on Ms. Moore’s desk. Can I get you anything special?

Tom looked around at the people sitting or sleeping in the mismatched chairs. No thank you, Tammy. I had to get Sandy up early, so just to give you a warning, she will not be in one of her happy moods.

Tammy was grateful for the warning. She liked Sandy Moore, the fun partner of the group, but knew the pretty woman was one who disliked mornings.

She almost never saw the third partner of the group. The tall, handsome man with white hair just left her uncomfortable, even though she was drawn to him if he looked at her too long with those sexy black eyes.

Tammy had finished almost all the month’s posting before the front door flew open. Yep, it was Sandy with one of those giant paper cups of coffee in one hand and her oversized carry-all she called a purse in the other. One shoe was hooked up with the purse as Sandy hobbled, the other four-inch shoe with the thick sole still on her foot.

Sandy made her way across the office to go into the inner space that was the office for the partners. She had her long dark hair tied back into a ponytail with strands flying loose around her face. With no makeup, her pale brown eyes looked like they were still asleep. Sandy’s attention span was one of the reasons both Tom and Rain refused to allow her to