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Crime
(Fic)
The Midnight Call
by Jode Millman


Could you ever suspect that your mentor was a cold-blooded killer? Attorney Jessie Martin couldn’t– at least not until she answers the midnight call. Late one August night, her mentor/confidante and popular high school teacher Terrence Butterfield calls, admits he’s killed someone and pleads for Jessie’s help. Out of loyalty, she rushes to his aid, unaware that she’s risking her love, her career, her life and that of her unborn child. To prove her innocence, Jessie must untangle the web of betrayals and the shocking truths behind the homicide. "Sounds interesting!"

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Meet Miri Shtern, MD : Psychiatrist to a Killer

Miri Shtern’s eyes were wide open, staring straight ahead. Her hands firmly gripped the handle of the Smith and Wesson revolver. Her feet spread apart to stabilize her slight frame, she took aim at the target and squeezed the trigger in rapid succession until she’d discharged the six chambers. Spent shell casings pinged as they bounced upon ground around her boots.

 Twenty-five yards away, the bullets pierced the heart of her target, a paper silhouette of a life-size human being. S...



Chapter 1

Chapter One

 

“I think I killed someone,” the man’s voice whispered across the phone lines.

“Terrence,” Jessie Martin’s voice croaked, husky with sleep. She’d know her mentor’s voice anywhere, anytime, even in the middle of the night. In the pitch darkness she bolted upright in bed and blinked the sleep out of her eyes. “What are you talking about?”

    “I’ve done a terrible thing...




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