Secrets of the Highwayman
Chapter One
Melanie slowed the Aston Martin, creeping along the narrow lane. The vehicle almost brushed the hedges growing on either side, reducing her vision to the depth of the headlights forward or the taillights backward. She felt like she was in a tunnel, with only a strip of dark, star-strewn sky above. Was she even going the right way? The last sign was miles back.
She had never felt so completely alone.
Maybe she should turn back. There'd been a pub at the crossroads, and the thought had crossed her mind to stop and stay there for the night, but then she'd decided it would be best to just get to her destination. She could wake up tomorrow morning at Ravenswood, ready to begin work.
Now she regretted that she had been so dedicated.
She longed for her neat, familiar office with an actual physical ache. Melanie Jones, twenty-nine, solicitor with the firm of Foyle, Haddock and Williams, had a reputation for getting things done in an orderly fashion. Everything in its place, no surprises, everything . . . comfortable.
People said that about her. Yo ... read full excerpt from Secrets of the Highwayman ebook
