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Author: Leslie O'Kane
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She grabbed Ciao’s carrier and handed my mom Bella’s carrier that Tom had retrieved. She looked at Stacy and said, “Gather our things and meet us at the lockers. We’re going to Los Angeles. As soon as we can find a pilot.”
Mom cleared her throat noisily as we hopped into the cart. “Did I mention that my mother’s an excellent pilot?” I told Delia.
“And I’m happy to work holidays, while your regular pilot is on vacation.”
“All set?” the officer asked.
“Just a sec,” she said. We were facing backward in our seats and could see that Tom, in handcuffs, was being led toward a second cart.
Delia lifted Ciao and wiggled her little paw to wave goodbye. “Ciao, baby,” Delia called. Tom glowered, but kept his eyes averted.
She nodded at the officer, and we took off. She gave Mom and me a big smile. “Bella and I have a new dog, new friends, and a new fill-in pilot. This is shaping up to be a really great Christmas!”
“It sure is,” Mom and I said in unison.
Author’s Note
Dear Readers,
Thank you so much for reading this story! I hope you enjoyed reading A DOG-GONE CHRISTMAS as much as I enjoyed writing it. My full-length mysteries always involve murder, and it was a true pleasure to not have to kill anyone on the page for once! I hope to have Bella and Delia Gantry return in a future Allie Babcock Mystery. My characters are never based entirely on a living person, but rather are amalgams of people I’ve known, peppered with a liberal dose of quirks and traits that are drawn my own imagination. In this case, Delia is essentially a composite of Taylor Swift and the 2012 winner of “The Voice”.
I dearly hope that you’ll want to read more Allie Babcock Mysteries. I write two other mystery series, as well. Near and dear to my heart, the Molly Masters Mysteries are a humorous series about a mother of two who creates eCards. The Domestic Bliss Mysteries, written under my pseudonym, Leslie Caine, feature interior designers, the feisty Erin Gilbert and the unspeakably handsome Steve Sullivan, who meet in DEATH BY INFERIOR DESIGN. If you especially enjoy Christmas books, please consider: HOLLY AND HOMICIDE. I am also introducing a darker trilogy of thrillers, which starts with THE BODY SHIFTERS BEGINS. Please visit my website at www.LeslieOKane.com.
Warmest wishes,
Leslie O’Kane
She grabbed Ciao’s carrier and handed my mom Bella’s carrier that Tom had retrieved. She looked at Stacy and said, “Gather our things and meet us at the lockers. We’re going to Los Angeles. As soon as we can find a pilot.”
Mom cleared her throat noisily as we hopped into the cart. “Did I mention that my mother’s an excellent pilot?” I told Delia.
“And I’m happy to work holidays, while your regular pilot is on vacation.”
“All set?” the officer asked.
“Just a sec,” she said. We were facing backward in our seats and could see that Tom, in handcuffs, was being led toward a second cart.
Delia lifted Ciao and wiggled her little paw to wave goodbye. “Ciao, baby,” Delia called. Tom glowered, but kept his eyes averted.
She nodded at the officer, and we took off. She gave Mom and me a big smile. “Bella and I have a new dog, new friends, and a new fill-in pilot. This is shaping up to be a really great Christmas!”
“It sure is,” Mom and I said in unison.
Author’s Note
Dear Readers,
Thank you so much for reading this story! I hope you enjoyed reading A DOG-GONE CHRISTMAS as much as I enjoyed writing it. My full-length mysteries always involve murder, and it was a true pleasure to not have to kill anyone on the page for once! I hope to have Bella and Delia Gantry return in a future Allie Babcock Mystery. My characters are never based entirely on a living person, but rather are amalgams of people I’ve known, peppered with a liberal dose of quirks and traits that are drawn my own imagination. In this case, Delia is essentially a composite of Taylor Swift and the 2012 winner of “The Voice”.
I dearly hope that you’ll want to read more Allie Babcock Mysteries. I write two other mystery series, as well. Near and dear to my heart, the Molly Masters Mysteries are a humorous series about a mother of two who creates eCards. The Domestic Bliss Mysteries, written under my pseudonym, Leslie Caine, feature interior designers, the feisty Erin Gilbert and the unspeakably handsome Steve Sullivan, who meet in DEATH BY INFERIOR DESIGN. If you especially enjoy Christmas books, please consider: HOLLY AND HOMICIDE. I am also introducing a darker trilogy of thrillers, which starts with THE BODY SHIFTERS BEGINS. Please visit my website at www.LeslieOKane.com.
Warmest wishes,
Leslie O’Kane
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