"Casey Daniels - Pepper Martin 01 - Don of the Dead" - читать интересную книгу автора (Daniels Casey)

"But I wouldn't know where to begin."

"It's not like I wouldn't help you out."

"ButтАФ"

He held up one hand. "It is time for me to impose my will and just so you know, I don't take no for an
answer."

"ButтАФ"

"I don't take no buts, neither. You don't like it. I don't like it. But you're the only one who can do this
thing."
 I could stand there and argue with this brain blip. Or I could try to move on. My sigh was a sure sign of
surrender. "What do you want me to do for you?"

Gus stood and went to the door. He couldn't open it so I did that. He stepped back so I could walk out.
"Honey," he said, "you're going to find out who really murdered me."

Chapter 3




Did I want to stick with the tried and true andstay with Pretty in Pink? Or was I looking to shake
things up? Maybe I needed something a little more dramatic for my date with Dan the Brain Man.

I was deep in thought while I glanced through the selection of lipstick tubes in my top desk drawer.

ParisNights? I twisted the tube and checked out the color.

Pink Passion? I held the two side by side.

Red HotтАФ

"So what kind of name is Pepper, anyway? Sounds like a schnauzer."

Gus's question snapped me out of my thoughts. I'd been hoping he'd get bored and go wherever it was
he went when he wasn't hanging around my office. No such luck. He'd been sitting in my guest chair ever
since I got back from my meeting with Jim, Ella, and the rest of the cemetery administrative staff, and I
glanced at him over the stacks of newspapers piled between us. If he noticed I was irritated by the canine
reference, he didn't let on.

"It's a nickname," I said. "Short for Penelope."

"Pen-el-op-e." He drew out each of the syllables, and I couldn't tell if he liked the sound or if he was
making fun of a name that was too long and way too old-fashioned. "To give you a name like that, your
parents, they must think they're pretty high-falutin.'"

Against my better judgment and certainly against all reason, he'd already talked me into raiding the