Scheduling Conflict

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch

The woman who calls Police Detective Riley Scott possesses a voice he finds incredibly sexy. He wants to keep her talking.

She wants to set up an appointment so that he can arrest her for robbing the National Bank and Trust.

Just one problem: No one has robbed that bank in more than a decade. Detective Scott writes it off as a crank call until he gets another one. And another.

Detective Scott thinks she might be crazy. But he wants more than anything to meet the owner of that voice. Even if it means going on a wild goose chase.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WMG Publishing
• Release date: Feb 6, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393829027

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch writes in almost every genre. Generally, she uses her real name (Rusch) for most of her writing. She publishes bestselling science fiction and fantasy, award-winning mysteries, acclaimed mainstream fiction, controversial nonfiction, and the occasional romance. Her novels have made bestseller lists around the world and her short fiction has appeared in eighteen best of the year collections. She has won more than twenty-five awards for her fiction, including the Hugo, Le Prix Imaginales, the Asimov's Readers Choice award, and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Choice Award.   

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Scheduling Conflict

Scheduling Conflict

Kristine Kathyrn Rusch

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Scheduling Conflict

Detective Riley Scott?" The female voice on the other end of the line was rich and throaty, the kind that usually sent shivers through him.

But this morning, nothing sent shivers through Riley Scott. He stared blearily at his full coffee mug. The coffee had some kind of oil slick floating on top. He wasn’t sure if that was from the coffee or the mug itself. When was the last time he’d rinsed the thing out?

Hmmm? he said into the phone pressed between his shoulder and his ear. If he moved wrong, the cord would catch his hand and he’d knock that full mug over, like he’d done last week. How come this rich and throaty female voice hadn’t called on his cell?

I’m the person who robbed the National Bank and Trust. I’d like to turn myself in, but I have a rather full schedule. How does your week look?

Huh? He sat up, snapped his finger at his partner Dave across the desk, and sideways nodded at the phone.

Dave picked up his own phone, pressed a few buttons, and made sure the techs were figuring out where this call was coming from.

The woman on the other end of the line chuckled. I’m not going to repeat myself, Detective. Except to ask you about your schedule.

Looks like I got a bank robbery to investigate, he said, wiping