A quick wave goodbye was all the man got as the door to the hotel room closed behind her. Outside, the morning sun warmed her skin. Today was a new day and but the job carried over. The boss man, Blu Carraway, had given the go ahead to get close to the special agent she’d just left. Blu probably didn’t mean for the situation to end up an all-nighter, but he should have known as that was the proven method. Plus, the Fed had been a wealth of knowledge on how the government hunted people down.

The phone chimed, the screen showing the caller to be BLUE, an inside joke on the boss.

“Hello?”

Blu said, “Harmony?”

“You got me.”

“What the hell happened? I needed you to follow the Fed last night, see where he went. Crome said you just left the guy’s hotel room.”

“He get a good show?”

It felt like someone had been watching, if from afar. Mick Crome, the boss man’s partner, was good at that. So good that he stayed out of sight, from the restaurant to the club, not that anyone would have come into focus for her from the dance floor after five vodka gimlets.

Blu said, “No, he complained that you closed the drapes.”

“A girl’s got to have some modesty.”

“I’m sorry,” he said. “I thought I was talking to Harmony Childs, the walking, talking, blonde bombshell of Carraway Investigations.” There was some sarcasm, but not a lot. The bombshell reference came from a recent social media post. Carrying the face of the sort-of new agency was a lot of work, but had its perks.

“You are, Sugar. And tell Mick he already blew his chance.”

Both of them had, and now both of them, like most men, begged for attention that only came when they had something to offer. Blu had offered money for good investigative work. And that’s what he got.

The Fed had offered information. Last night he thought he was in charge. Today, she would lead him around like a puppy.

He was easy pickin’s.

You can read more about Harmony in Caught Up In It, the third book in the “Blu Carraway” traditional mystery series, released April 23, 2019.

The award-winning diva, C, has got a big problem: someone wants her dead. A team of mercenaries attempts to gun her down in Kuala Lumpur. Lucky for her, Lowcountry Private Investigator, Blu Carraway, is already on the job there for a different client.

Double-lucky for C, they make their move when she’s chit-chatting with him in a bar. Unlucky for the mercenaries, four of them end up dead.

The hunt is on now for the mega-pop star. Where does she go to hide out? The sleepy islands around Charleston, South Carolina–Blu’s backyard. He’s already proven himself once, so C hires the Blu Carraway Investigation Agency to protect her for real.

The job takes Blu halfway around the world and several cities in between. The search for the truth reveals what could drive a person to want someone else dead.

And Blu Carraway ends up right in the way.

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About the author
David Burnsworth became fascinated with the Deep South at a young age. After a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee and fifteen years in the corporate world, he made the decision to write a novel. He is the author of both the Brack Pelton and the Blu Carraway Mystery Series. Having lived in Charleston on Sullivan’s Island for five years, the setting was a foregone conclusion. He and his wife call South Carolina home.

To learn more about David, visit his website at davidburnsworthbooks.com or on Facebook.

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