WEBVTT - Sneak Peek — Lethal Lit: "Murder of Crows" Audiobook

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<v Speaker 1>It was the summer of nine seventy two. Local librarian

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<v Speaker 1>Jet Cassidy hurried across the street and up the church

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<v Speaker 1>steps under the cover of darkness. It was nearly two

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<v Speaker 1>o'clock in the morning, and the streets had long since

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<v Speaker 1>cleared of potential witnesses. Tucked under his coat, he had gloves,

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<v Speaker 1>a flashlight, a pistol, and a small piece of paper

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<v Speaker 1>that was going to change his entire life. The church

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<v Speaker 1>doors were always open to the public, no matter the

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<v Speaker 1>visitor's intentions. Jet slipped inside and strode quickly across the room.

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<v Speaker 1>The girls he had overheard in the library had been

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<v Speaker 1>specific tucked in the corner where they thought no one

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<v Speaker 1>was listening. They said the secret that would grant its

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<v Speaker 1>seeker untold riches would be located somewhere up high, and

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<v Speaker 1>there was nothing higher and older than the chandelier. Taking

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<v Speaker 1>a moment to listen to make sure the church was

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<v Speaker 1>truly empty, Jet went up past the altar, farther than

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<v Speaker 1>he'd ever gone as a member of the congregation. He

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<v Speaker 1>followed a short hallway to the stairs that led to

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<v Speaker 1>the double balconies, one for more congregation seating space for

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<v Speaker 1>funerals and weddings, and the last a prayer sanctuary frequented

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<v Speaker 1>only by the pastor himself. The third floor was a

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<v Speaker 1>small space, the slanted roof tilting in so sharply he

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<v Speaker 1>was almost too tall to stand. Across from him at

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<v Speaker 1>face height was the chandelier. Jet had never seen the

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<v Speaker 1>fixture this close before. It was dark this high up.

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<v Speaker 1>The wide stained glass windows on the first or provided

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<v Speaker 1>very little moonlight to see by. Jet took out his

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<v Speaker 1>flashlight and shined it at the chandelier, his eyes picking

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<v Speaker 1>over the intricate brass fixture, one filigree at a time. There,

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<v Speaker 1>near the center, wrapped around the stem of a decorative leaf,

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<v Speaker 1>was a small, tightly curled piece of paper tied to

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<v Speaker 1>the twig with wire. The paper seemed to be wrapped

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<v Speaker 1>around something, something shiny. Jet looked down at the pews

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<v Speaker 1>forty ft below him, then back at the chandelier. Hanging

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<v Speaker 1>eight feet away from the edge of the balcony. Leaning

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<v Speaker 1>against the wall was the candle snuffer the church staff

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<v Speaker 1>used to put out the candles. All he needed was

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<v Speaker 1>to pull the light fixture closer to the balcony edge

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<v Speaker 1>and the treasure would be his. The next morning, the

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<v Speaker 1>steward opened the church doors to find Jet Cassidy's broken

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<v Speaker 1>body smashed across the tops of the pews. His blood

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<v Speaker 1>was sprayed across three floors in a pinwheeling arc that

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<v Speaker 1>dashed the balconies, entrance and altar in biohazard. The chandelier

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<v Speaker 1>was shattered on the ground around him, The candle snuffer

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<v Speaker 1>still hooked on its base after Jet's fatal grab. It

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<v Speaker 1>took them three days to scrub the gore from the stone.

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<v Speaker 1>What no one realized was that the secret that had

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<v Speaker 1>cost Jet Cassidy his life was already gone. Mere minutes

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<v Speaker 1>after the librarian had fallen to his death, the clever

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<v Speaker 1>girls he had tried to steal from crept into the church.

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<v Speaker 1>Together they had managed to pluck the paper and the

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<v Speaker 1>object wrapped inside from the chandelier, exiting again with no

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<v Speaker 1>one The wiser m