Thief

Before Abby Maxon became a private investigator, she was a victim of crime.

When campus security shows no interest in finding the man who stole her purse, college student Abby Maxon embarks on her first unofficial investigation. But tracking down the thief who's made the campus his hunting ground is dangerous business, especially for an amateur sleuth who's on the trail of someone far more dangerous than she realizes.

SPECIAL BONUS MATERIAL: This edition of THIEF includes an excerpt from the Abby Maxon mystery novel PRETTY LITTLE HORSES.

"The appearance of a new Annie Reed story is a treat. Try one and you'll be hooked." -- Dave Hendrickson, author of CRACKING THE ICE, forthcoming from WestSide Press

"Annie Reed draws a pitch-perfect portrait of the Nevada desert and peoples it with folks so real I want to drive out by Vegas and try to find the Forty Winks Motel and check up on how everyone's doing. Its quiet voice and fast pace weave together to make any reader care." -- Cindie Geddes, Editor, Lucky Bat Books.

"A friend recommended the works of Annie Reed. I was not disappointed. In fact, if her other shorts are as good as this one, I plan to read many more." -- Carol Davis Luce, author of NIGHT GAME (reviewing CHANGELING)

Author Annie Reed is a prolific, award-winning writer whose stories have been published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine as well as in numerous science fiction and fantasy anthologies.