Free Fiction Monday: Scrawny Pete
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Crime reporter Atkins discovered Scrawny Pete at the scene of a murder-suicide. The hard-bitten reporter took to the cat, and the cat took to him.
Together they travel through the city on the police beat—until the day they come across another crime, one that Scrawny Pete understands.
“Scrawny Pete,” by New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch, is free on this website for one week only. The story’s also available as an ebook through various online retailers here.
Scrawny Pete
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
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