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The Phoenix Birds/Three for the Road — Sabin Ryder
The dead man she had found was a stranger, but instinct warned Morin Bonfield to run. She didn't know then, that she herself had what the murderer was after...and that her nightmare had only just begun.
Deadly Dawn...
"Beau," Morin called softly. "Beau!"
As her eyes became used to the pre-dawn darkness, she could just make out the dog's outline. She had reached out to pull at his collar when she saw that he was pawing at something under the bushes.
"What are you doing?" she whispered, and leaning down, snapped on her cigarette lighter.
Her eyes grew wide, her jaw dropped and the lighter fell from her fingers. On the ground, rolled in a blanket which the dog had pulled away from his head, was a man...dead...a jagged hole in his forehead...
Journey into Terror...
Morin Bonfield had no premonition of danger when she started out that morning for Santa Amalia. Not even when the garageman gave her a package for her late husband had left with him the day he was drowned. Morin didn't know what was in the package, but seeing it revived the still-recent pain of Gil's tragic death--and the regret that they had had so little time together. The prickly feeling of danger began at the motel where fog forced her to spend the night. She overheard a quarrel in the neighboring cabin and the next morning, while looking for her dog, stumbled across a body in the brush. Morin panicked. She knew she should tell someone...the police...but she bolted. As she sped along the highway, she had no idea that there was a connection between the corpse in the weeds back at the motel and the mystery package in her car. But others on the road to Santa Amalia that day did. And one of them was prepared to kill again...
Hero: Gantry O'Brien
Heroine: Morin Bonfield
Original Title: Three on the Road
Published as Valentine #368 The Phoenix Birds
Deadly Dawn...
"Beau," Morin called softly. "Beau!"
As her eyes became used to the pre-dawn darkness, she could just make out the dog's outline. She had reached out to pull at his collar when she saw that he was pawing at something under the bushes.
"What are you doing?" she whispered, and leaning down, snapped on her cigarette lighter.
Her eyes grew wide, her jaw dropped and the lighter fell from her fingers. On the ground, rolled in a blanket which the dog had pulled away from his head, was a man...dead...a jagged hole in his forehead...
Journey into Terror...
Morin Bonfield had no premonition of danger when she started out that morning for Santa Amalia. Not even when the garageman gave her a package for her late husband had left with him the day he was drowned. Morin didn't know what was in the package, but seeing it revived the still-recent pain of Gil's tragic death--and the regret that they had had so little time together. The prickly feeling of danger began at the motel where fog forced her to spend the night. She overheard a quarrel in the neighboring cabin and the next morning, while looking for her dog, stumbled across a body in the brush. Morin panicked. She knew she should tell someone...the police...but she bolted. As she sped along the highway, she had no idea that there was a connection between the corpse in the weeds back at the motel and the mystery package in her car. But others on the road to Santa Amalia that day did. And one of them was prepared to kill again...
Hero: Gantry O'Brien
Heroine: Morin Bonfield
Original Title: Three on the Road
Published as Valentine #368 The Phoenix Birds
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