Hold a Scorpion, Melodie Johnson Howe
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Hold a Scorpion

Narrator: Shannon Parks

Unabridged: 5 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/25/2016


Synopsis

This new crime thriller takes amateur sleuth Diana Poole deep into Southern Californias underworld to uncover the mystery of a diamond-encrusted scorpionand the reason for the murders that follow in its wake. One afternoon while standing outside her newly renovated Malibu house, Diana Poole sees a woman across the highway waving at her, but Diana doesnt recognize her. Still waving, the woman walks into the oncoming cars and is killed instantly. Why would anyone do such a thing? The next night, still horrified by the accident, Diana is held at gunpoint by a man demanding the dead womans scorpion. What kind of scorpion? A live one? A brooch? A pendant? Diana searches the accident scene and finds a diamond-encrusted object in the shape of a scorpion. Breathless, she remembers her movie-star mother showing it to her the last time she saw her alive. With the diamond-encrusted object as her only clue, Diana goes on a heart-pounding journey determined to find answers. But asking a lot of questions can upset peopleespecially the unpredictable killer whos stalking her.

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