Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters

Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters (2015) Angel Martinez (Offbeat Crimes, #1)

(T)he pink and neon-blue raven folded his wings and waddled over to snap at Carrington’s pen.

“Stop it, Edgar.”

“You couldn’t get laid at a clusterfuck!”

“I don’t really do anything,” Soren answered as he hefted the empty coffeepot. “Guess I’ll make fresh since I’m the new guy.”

He opened the top to remove the filter and every human voice in the squad room yelled out, “No!”

Most people would have startled, maybe dropped the carafe. Soren just blinked at the roomful of people gesturing wildly. He took the filter out and emptied it over the trashcan. “Why not?”

“You don’t want to do that.” Kyle stayed by his desk, a nice safe distance from the coffee station. “That’s Larry’s job.”

“Larry’s not keeping up then.”

Between them, in the chair a suspect would take while he was being booked, was a leather jacket. Not odd if the jacket had behaved normally and stayed draped over a chair arm like a good, proper jacket, but this one was sitting up with the buckled strap on one sleeve cuffed to the chair arm.

Characters: Kyle Monroe, Vikash Soren, Carrington Loveless III, Amanda Zacchini, Wolf, Krisk, Shira Lourdes, Greg Santos, Jeff Gatling, Vance Virago, Lieutenant Mia Dunfee, Edgar, Larry the ghost, Leather Jacket, Mrs. Morelli

Publisher: Pride Publishing

Rating: 8/10

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