Nicolette Mace: The Raven Siren - Filling the Afterlife from the Underworld: Manhunt

By C.S. Woolley

When Harry Lee volunteered to go undercover for the first time, he thinks that it is going to be the easiest assignment of his life. But four days in, his mind is changed somewhat, especially when he is discovered by Derek Long. Siren and Fred must fight to survive and rescue Harry before time runs for all of them.

Will Derek Long close his trap on the troublesome trio or will Siren, Fred and Harry overcome the dangers and pitfalls of being on the wrong side of one of the most notorious criminals the city has ever seen?

• Language: English
• Publisher: C.S. Woolley
• Release date: Mar 14, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370158737

C.S. Woolley

C.S. Woolley (Caroline Sarah Woolley) was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire and raised in the nearby town of Wilmslow. From an early age she discovered she had a flair and passion for writing. This was fuelled by winning local poetry and short story competitions during her years at Mottram St. Andrews Primary School. During high school, she continued to write and found her time split between acting, writing and her studies. At 14 she began writing novels. University did nothing to change her love of writing. C.S. spent a year reading Law at Manchester Metropolitan University before changing her mind and moving to read English at Hull University. After graduating she moved to Nottingham where she stayed for the cricket at Trent Bridge. She currently lives with her partner, Matt, and their two cats in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2010, C.S published her first novel, Nicolette Mace – The Raven Siren: The Kevin Metis Saga. Since 2010 she has published books in five series – The Chronicles of Celadmore, The Mysteries of Stickleback Hollow, The Children of Ribe, The Children of Snotingas and Nicolette Mace: The Raven Siren - as well as a series of adapted classics for Foxton Books and a series of modernised Shakespeare and workbooks to help with GCSEs. Her upcoming series include Alpha Sigma, The Children of Danelaw, Dark Hearts,The Children of Ribe Story Books, The Children of Ribe: Tales from Ribe, The Children of Ribe: Ancestors, Yngvar and Reinholdt, Finestra, and The Children of Ribe: Legends. More recently C.S has taken part in charity projects that include producing content for charity books such as Standing by the Watchtower: Volume 1. C.S has also acted in several plays and films including Weekend (2011). Hobbies: horse riding, including show jumping and cross country, Formula 1, tennis, free climbing, singing, boxing, dancing, playing guitar, cricket and is also an avid PC and console gamer. Favourite movies: The Muppet Christmas Carol, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Chisum. Favourite books: Sharpe’s Prey, Silverthorn and the Three Musketeers. Favourite bands: Thin Lizzy, the Darkness and McBusted. For more information please visit: http://www.mightierthanthesworduk.com

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Nicolette Mace:

The Raven Siren

Filling the Afterlife from the Underworld:

MANHUNT

By

C. S. Woolley

A Mightier Than the Sword UK Publication

©2018

Filling the Afterlife from the Underworld:

Manhunt

Nicolette Mace: The Raven Siren

By c. s. woolley

Cover design by c. s. woolley

Photography by Jared Drake

A Mightier Than the Sword UK Publication

Smashwords Edition

Copyright © c. s. woolley 2018

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publishers. All events in this book are purely fictional and any similarity to real events and real people is coincidental.

To prevent unauthorised copies of this book being made a number of intentional errors have been included.

For Peter

Nicolette Mace: The Raven Siren –

Filling the Afterlife from the Underworld

Notes from the Case Files of the Raven Siren

Manhunt

Contents

A flowerbed at 4am

An Old Theatre Dressing Room

Waiting on the World

Why don’t you give me a call?

Tied me to a kitchen chair

For a Friend

Cold Hard Bitch

Straighten up and Fly Right

In the depths of darkness

All I Want

Special Delivery Service

Set Fire to the Rain

Devil went down to Georgia

The amazing basement cache

Down at the bottom of the garden

Gary Gilmore’s Eyes

On the road again

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A flowerbed at 4am

There are some days when I am really glad that I became a private investigator, and then there are other days when I wish that I had never been born into this world.

My name is Nicolette Mace, but most people know me as the Raven Siren. For those of you who know me, you won’t be surprised to discover that I am currently crouched in a flower bed outside a building that is filled with heavily armed mercenaries.

I would love to say that I was surprised to find myself crouched in the freezing cold, in a bush, at 4am, with police Inspector Fred Barlow, spying on mercenaries – but honestly I am not sure that anything could surprise me anymore.

There aren’t that many of them on the east side of the building. Fred whispered to me.

That’s because there isn’t any way of getting into the building on the east side. I replied with mounting irritation. Fred had a gift for being annoying.

How can you be sure? Fred asked, looking away from the building and at me.

Because there is another building sharing the east wall. I hissed. My level of impatience wasn’t really due to Fred saying stupid things, it just wasn’t helping.

Oh. Then why are there any mercenaries on the east side at all? Fred asked.

I assume they’re guarding the stairs or the lifts to the upper level. I replied through gritted teeth.

That’s where they are holding Harry then. Fred sighed.

Harry Lee, detective, friend, womaniser, and the reason I was so easy to wind up at this moment. Harry had been a fool and gotten in way over his head by looking into the open contract on my life. He had been captured and was in danger, all because of me.

You may understand why I was so quick to lose my temper now.

This all began when the men in suits came to pay us all a visit. The men in suits were three men by the names of Anderson, Johnson and Lynch. We’d first come across them during the saga of Mrs. Weldon, but it had been a few months since they had darkened the door way of the police station.

They’d come to ask for volunteers for some undercover work, something that Harry had been all too eager to engage in.

When I found out that they had asked Harry to investigate one of Derek Long’s businesses, I understood why he had been so eager to get involved.

I asked Fred to get Lynch, Anderson and Johnson to meet us both at my office and demanded that they pull Harry out.

Before that I was honestly certain that they were incapable of laughing. Now I knew that this wasn’t the case. At that moment I wasn’t certain that they would ever stop laughing.

When they finally did they simply got up and left.

Is it just me, or is there something very unsettling about the three of them? Fred asked after he was sure that they were out of earshot.

Very. Did you ever find out who they worked for? I asked in return.

No, I don’t even think Chief Inspector Hyett or Detective Witts know. Fred said slowly.

Very unsettling. Oh, before I forget, I have something for you. I said brightly.

Oh? Fred asked. I leapt off the corner of my desk, wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him. After he recovered from the initial shock, he kissed me back, what was that for? he asked when we finally broke apart.

For getting them to come and meet with me. You didn’t have to. I said as I removed my arms and started to walk away from him, but Fred reached out and wrapped his arms around me before I could get very far.

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