Chapter
One
“What do you mean you lost them?” Sarah Cole
fidgeted as she waited for Agent Gray to answer. I can’t believe it! He lost the only clue to our parents’ location.
What is wrong with this picture?
Agitated, Sarah shifted in her seat and chewed on
her lip. She was uncomfortable in the folding chair and rearranged her petite
frame so she wouldn’t feel the cold metal against her bare legs. Shivering, she
glanced around the all‑too‑familiar room.
The gray cement block walls no longer gave her that
creepy, closed-‐‑in feeling she’d used to get when she first came to
the interrogation rooms. She remembered the first time she’d been in that tiny
space. It had been the day she’d discovered the Cat Lady’s dead body. Sarah
shuddered at the memory and then smiled when she remembered forming the Super
Spies and bringing the Cat Lady Killer to justice. Glancing around the room
again, she realized she’d been in this room quite a bit these last few weeks,
not only during the Cat Lady investigation, but the High School Bomber investigation
as well. Shivering again, Sarah rubbed her arms but she really wasn’t cold. Her
mind filled with the image of the bomber the Super Spies had helped apprehend
just a week earlier.
Wow!
Was it just last week?
She tugged at a lock of her honey colored hair, then
brushed it away with an impatient hand. She sighed and glanced at her younger
sister. Lacey sat beside her with her legs crossed, jiggling her foot at such a
rapid rate it seemed like her whole body was electrified. She caught Sarah’s
eye, and for a moment her eyes glittered like emeralds before she shifted her
gaze to Aunt June, who had placed her hand on Lacey’s leg in what appeared to
be an attempt to quiet her. Sarah shifted in her chair and sighed again
.
Are
we ever going to find Mom and Dad?
A commotion out in the hall drew everyone’s
attention. Sarah leaned forward and craned her neck to see what was happening.
“Chief, we’ve got an OD!” An officer yelled.
“What?” Chief Johnson yelled as he rushed by. “An OD
on what? Give me the details.”
“The parents found their son unconscious in his room
this morning, and an empty bottle of prescription medication on his bedside
table.”
“What was it?” Chief Johnson asked.
“It’s Myodine.”
“Who makes it?”
“Ah… Piper Drugs.”
“Call Poison Control with the name and manufacturer
and ask them what to do about an overdose. Instruct the parents to get their
son to the hospital pronto,” Chief Johnson ordered.
“They’ve brought him here.”
“What?” Chief Johnson exclaimed.
The sound of policemen rushing through the hall
pulled Sarah and her sister out of their seats. They hurried to the door, unable
to stifle their curiosity. Peering down the corridor, Sarah caught a glimpse of
a young man sagging between two officers as they desperately tried to keep him
on his feet. One officer gently slapped his face while the other officers held
him up. The young man blinked and then gagged, puking on the officer in front
of him.
The rancid stench of fresh vomit filled the air.
While plugging her nose, Sarah ducked back inside the interrogation room,
followed by her sister. Sarah closed the door, hoping it would keep the smell
from penetrating the room.
“Did you hear that, Lace? Piper Drugs! That’s the
company Dad works for,” Sarah whispered in her sister’s ear before proceeding
back to her seat.
Lacey opened her mouth to speak, but closed it when
Agent Gray cleared his throat and motioned for them to sit down.
He continued his conversation as if they hadn’t been
interrupted. We were on our way to the location of the ping… but before we got
there it disappeared.”
“So, what does that mean? Did you find our parents
or what?” Sarah blurted out as she sat down. She stared into Agent Gray’s icy
blue eyes, trying to read his mind.
Thanks for stopping by. This is the third book in the Super Spies series. If you'd like to check out the first two books in the series, their covers and blurbs are below.
This book opens in a small town in
Michigan where fifteen-year-old Sarah Cole is stuck spending the summer at her
Aunt and Uncle’s with her sister, Lacey. She’s not happy with the situation
until she befriends a girl named Jackie. The three girls stumble upon the
ruthless murder of a reclusive neighborhood woman. One of the officers
investigating the crime believes the girls are responsible for her death.
Fearing that this officer will frame them for the murder, the girls organize
their own detective squad. They become the Super Spies and start their own
fact-finding mission. The Super Spies
can’t understand why anyone would want to murder the “Cat Lady” until they
start digging into her past and discover a horrible crime that happened thirty
years ago. They uncover a connection between the two crimes and attempt to
bring this information to the police, only to be reprimanded for meddling in
the inquest. Not only are the girls upset by the admonition, but they also
struggle with the fact that their exuberant investigating could provide a legal
loophole allowing the killer to go free. To make matters worse, the police
don’t even believe them. Frustrated by this turn of events, the Super Spies
realize it’s up to them to snare the Cat Lady killer, or die trying…
This book opens in a small
town in Michigan where Sarah and her sister Lacey are now living with their
Aunt and Uncle. Still reeling from the fact her parents have disappeared, Sarah
starts the school year with her new friend Jackie Jenkins. When Sarah learns
the school has been bombed, she’s filled with dread. Uncle Walt is a teacher,
and he was in the school when the bomb exploded. Taking matters into her own
hands, Sarah decides to search for him. The rest of the Super Spies are right
behind her. When a fireman chases them away from the school, Sarah becomes
suspicious. She decides to investigate. The FBI arrives on the scene. Sarah
realizes this bombing could have even bigger implications. Searching for the
bombers, Sarah is introduced to the world of terrorism. She fears that the
bombing and her parents’ disappearance are connected and terrorists are
involved. To make matters worse, the bombers are determined to finish the job.
Can the Super Spies find the bombers before it’s too late?
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