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Safari [MultiFormat]
eBook by Sarah Wisseman

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eBook Category: Mystery/Crime
eBook Description: On safari in Africa, an enthusiastic group of tourists is determined to enjoy their excursion to the Masai Market. But more dangerous than the fiercest native beast is Maria. Impatient, hostile, and self-destructive, this one woman has the power to ruin the adventure for everyone until ... murder?

eBook Publisher: Echelon Press, Published: 2006, 2006
Fictionwise Release Date: May 2007


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Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: eReader (PDB) [39 KB] , ePub (EPUB) [54 KB] , Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [12 KB] , Portable Document Format (PDF) [168 KB] , Palm Doc (PDB) [12 KB] , Microsoft Reader (LIT) [64 KB] , Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [84 KB] , hiebook (KML) [60 KB] , Sony Reader (LRF) [59 KB] , iSilo (PDB) [10 KB] , Mobipocket (PRC) [13 KB] , Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [47 KB] , OEBFF Format (IMP) [22 KB]
Words: 3378
Reading time: 9-13 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Portable Document Format (PDF) Format:  Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
ISBN: 978-1-59080-489-6


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I opened my mouth to scream but it was too late.

The lion sprang, and Maria disappeared under its matted furry length. She yelped once and her legs twitched.

Dickie covered his face with his dirty fingers. Tom jumped out of the Land Rover. I panicked.

"No, Tom, don't go any closer! Tom, there's nothing you can do!"

He advanced a couple of steps, then halted.

Maria's legs stopped twitching. The big cat looked up at us, unusually bony, with patches of fur missing, and her muzzle covered with blood.

I gagged and turned away...

* * * *

"How awful," said Sheila, slurping her latte and watching me with bright eyes. We were safely inhaling caffeine in a Starbuck's in Indianapolis while trading stories of family vacations.

"It was horrible. Not at all what I'd planned on for my first trip to Africa. I haven't slept well since then," I said. "We had to report it to the Tanzanian police."

"Did they give you a hard time?"

"Not really. You see, they thought it was an accident." I gazed tearfully at my best friend.

"Of course it was an accident. After all, it was the Brazilian lady's fault. She wandered away from the vehicle after your driver told her not to."

"But that's not what really happened."

Sheila paused, her sticky cinnamon roll suspended halfway to her mouth. "What do you mean?"

"We didn't tell the police the whole story. What really happened was this..."


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