by Diana Orgain | Jun 14, 2021 | Love or Money, Sneak Peek, Uncategorized
From Third Times a Crime Chapter One The raven swept down upon us in a terrifying plunge, talons outstretched, screeching at an ear-shattering pitch. Instinc‐ tively, I jumped out of the way and reached for my gun, only remem‐ bering too late that I hadn’t carried one in eighteen months, since I’d been let go from the San Francisco Police Department. The bird’s massive wings flapped so close to me that the breeze lifted my hair and I fought the urge to strike out at it. Suddenly, the bird arched up and flew to the top point of the castle, perching itself overhead. The woman next to me gasped. “A raven? That’s a bad omen.” Cheryl Dennison, our executive producer, yelled, “Did you all catch that?” “I got it,” one of the cameramen shouted excitedly. “I got a great shot.” “Good,” Cheryl said, a self-satisfied smile playing on her face. “We’ll want to use that in the promos.” “Cheryl probably shipped that bird in from Hollywood,” I said under my breath to the woman next to me. “Just to capture that shot.” The woman, a former FBI profiler, made a face. As if she disap‐ proved of Hollywood histrionics. We were on location at the Golden Castle, said to be haunted and the scene of an unsolved murder. During its heyday, it’d doubled as a reform school. It stood nestled on the hill overlooking the charming old mining town of Golden, California. But the castle was far from charming. It was so large it blotted out the sun and the windows were dark and murky. The exterior bricks...
