Capitol Murder
A Novel
Chapter One
Tulsa, Oklahoma
As Ben Kincaid peered at his client through the acrylic screen, he
was startled by how appealing, how downright cute she still looked.
Usually, the first few weeks behind bars took a terrible toll on
first-time inmates. The lack of sunlight, the coarseness of the
company, the absence of hair care and beauty products, the low-watt
institutional lighting, the inevitable depression-all conspired to
make the newly incarcerated appear as if they had emerged from the
ninth circle of hell.
But not Candy Warren. Somehow Candy had managed to retain her
fresh-faced charm. When her father first introduced her to Ben, he
had compared his daughter to Lizzie McGuire-perky, effervescent,
goofy but lovable. Two weeks in the slammer and a switch from Gap
jeans to TCPD orange coveralls hadn't changed any of that. She was
still adorable. She even had her hair up in pigtails.
"So you've talked to my daddy?" she asked, speaking into the
telephone receiver that allowed them to communicate.
"Yes," Ben answered. "He's worried about you, of cours ... read full excerpt from Capitol Murder ebook
