A Cache of Trouble: A Cassidy Callahan Novel. Kelly Rysten

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Название A Cache of Trouble: A Cassidy Callahan Novel
Автор произведения Kelly Rysten
Жанр Ужасы и Мистика
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Издательство Ужасы и Мистика
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isbn 9781926918884



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      A Cache of Trouble

      A Cassidy Callahan Novel

      by

      Kelly Rysten

      A Cache of Trouble: A Cassidy Callahan Novel

      Copyright ©2011 by Kelly Rysten

      ISBN-13 978-1-926918-88-4

      First Edition

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Rysten, Kelly, 1960-

      A cache of trouble [electronic resource] : a Cassidy Callahan novel /

      written by Kelly Rysten.

      Electronic monograph in PDF format.

      ISBN 978-1-926918-88-4

      Also available in print format.

      I. Title.

      PS3618.Y78C33 2011a 813'.6 C2011-906420-0

      Cover artwork by Kelly Rysten: www.kellyrysten.com

      This is a work of fiction. Names, places, and characters are a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be considered as real. Resemblance to any events or persons, living or dead, past or present, is purely coincidental.

      Extreme care has been taken to ensure that all information presented in this book is accurate and up to date at the time of publishing. Neither the author nor the publisher can be held responsible for any errors or omissions. Additionally, neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the express written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For other permission requests, please contact the author.

      Publisher: CCB Publishing

       British Columbia, Canada

       www.ccbpublishing.com

       This book and all of my books should be dedicated to my husband, Gary, who stands beside me and behind me, through thick and thin, believing in everything I do, and helping me all along the way.

       Other books by Kelly Rysten

       Triple Trouble

      Read about Cassidy Callahan’s first

      tracking adventure with trouble at every turn.

       Published 2009 – ISBN 978-1-926585-41-3

       Car Trouble

      Car troubles abound as Cassidy sets her sights on Police Academy.

      With a serial killer on the loose determined to send the police

      department a message, Cassidy's attendance is in question.

       Published 2010 – ISBN 978-1-926918-03-7

      Contents

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Chapter 16

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       Chapter 21

       Chapter 22

       Chapter 23

       Chapter 24

      Time was running out and it was late in the evening. The sun was fading fast, the trail endless. I’d been on it for two days and I would have killed for a piece of cheesecake. I was cold, wet, hungry and getting very worried that I wouldn’t find Angie Grey in time. It had rained twice since starting this trail and with each drop her footprints faded more. She had been happily camping with her family at Piney Point when, in typical teenage fashion, she’d gotten mad at her parents and stomped off into the woods. Her parents had wanted to stay another couple of days but Angie wanted to go home to see her boyfriend. She left camp to sulk, or maybe, they thought, to try and walk home and they hadn’t seen her since. So her parents called the police, who called search and rescue, who then called me. I’m Cassidy Callahan, tracker. My search team is good and we have a very good record. Our guys are dedicated and give their all to each case but sometimes they need a little help, and when they do they call me because I have a handy knack for seeing people’s footprints. It’s just something I grew up doing and somehow I got pretty good at it. Good enough that I’d been sent off to police academy and gotten my handy little badge and my stiff uniform. Then I began to help out the police, search and rescue, or anybody who would call on me. Mostly I worked with a team under Lou “Strict” Strickland. We were becoming a tight group, able to work well together and follow the toughest trails.

      Right then I could really identify with Angie. I would have liked to just walk right out of there and join my boyfriend too. I thought this search would be a simple matter of following Angie until she got tired, but she didn’t get tired. Not only that, but she had left the trail and headed