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.Will Vic Survive ...The Missing Partner by Liza O'Connor

9/25/2014

 
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The Adventures of

Xavier & Vic
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Book 2

The Missing Partner

By Liza O’Connor


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Cases to be Resolved:

The ‘New Woman’ Who Lost Her Old Mind

The Lost Servant of Dante’s Hell

The Disappearance of a Very Important Man

The Abduction of Sneaky Snake by a Grand Elephant

The Cat Who Wore Too Much

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Vic Hamilton takes the reins of the investigation office, while Xavier Thorn disappears on an assignment for the British government. Her caseload is entirely ‘lost and recovery’ cases. In the midst of solving all her client’s problems, she learns that the government has lost Xavier. With the help of the gypsy pirate Jacko, and her driver Davy, Vic rushes against time to rescue everyone.

Most alarming, she befriends and hires a dangerous criminal as an employee of Xavier Thorn’s Private Inquiries--without Xavier’s permission.



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Proving the world truly did turn to her commands on this special day, the door opened and Inspector Stone entered, followed by a confident man carrying a black medical bag. She and Davy stood back and let the doctor tend Xavier.

Inspector Stone grabbed her hand and shook it enthusiastically. “Jacko told me how you knew where to look. You did your mentor proud. This is Dr. Connors, the finest doctor in England.”

They both turned to the doctor as he undressed the wound and cursed beneath his breath.

“Is it bad?” Stone asked.

Dr. Connors sighed. “The lead shot remains in his body poisoning him. I’m going to have to extract the bullet and cleanse this wound. However, in his current state, the pain could kill him.” He looked up at Stone. “I cannot promise he’ll live through the operation, but I assure you he’ll die without it.”

Vic stepped forward. “He’ll live. This is my special day. He’ll live.” She looked at Dr. Connors. “I cleaned his body with alcohol before you came, and have water boiling in case you need it.”

“Thank you. If the water is ready, I’ll start now.”

She ask Tubs to bring the water. He returned a minute later with a large cauldron that most people could not have lifted empty.

The doctor removed his jacket and rolled up his sleeves. “We need to make this environment as clean as possible. Can you find some rags and a smaller pot? We will transfer some of the water for washing the bed, walls and floors around the patient.

With so many able hands, by the time Dr. Connors was ready to begin, the room and bed were significantly cleaner. While they did not dare move Xavier to clean the bed, Victor saturated the sheets with alcohol.

“I am hoping he remains unconscious during the cleansing of the wound. However, I’ve laid out a chloroformed cloth in case he wakes.” He looked at Victor. “If he comes to, apply it to his nose until I tell you to stop.”

She nodded.

He looked at Davy and Stone. “If you will secure both shoulders to ensure he does not move while I am cutting.”

Once everyone was crowded in to do their job, Dr. Conner dipped his tools in a jar of fluid and laid them out on a tray. He lifted a pair of long armed tweezers and extracted the bullet.

His action caused blood to bubble from the ugly, infected wound, and flow over the shoulder onto the alcohol soaked sheets.

Vic felt a great rage at whoever had prodded the wound yet failed to remove the bullet.


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Book 1

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The Missing Partner

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First, I got tired of telling my proper blog. Now, I’m tired of telling my improper bio. So what’s left?

Liza O’Connor was born, raised badly, left the South/Midwest and wandered off to find nicer people on the east coast…and employment, there were no jobs in the Mid-west. There she worked for the meanest man on Wall Street, while her psychotic husband tried to kill her three times. (So much for finding nicer people.) Then one day she declared enough, got a better job, divorced her husband, and fell in love with her new life where people behaved normally. All those bad behaviors has given her lots of fodder for her humorous romances. Please buy these books, because otherwise, she’ll become grumpy and write troubled novels instead. And given her past, they will likely traumatize you.

Mostly humorous books by Liza:

Saving Casey – Old woman reincarnates into troubled teen’s body. (Half funny/half traumatizing)

Ghost Lover--Two British brothers fall in love with the same young woman. Ancestral ghost is called in to fix the situation. There’s a ghost cat too. (Humorous Contemporary Romance)

A Long Road to Love Series: (Humorous Contemporary odd Romance)

Worst Week Ever — Laugh out loud week of disasters of Epic proportions.

Oh Stupid Heart — The heart wants what it wants, even if it’s impossible.

Coming to Reason — There is a breaking point when even a saint comes to reason.

Climbing out of Hell — The reconstruction of a terrible man into a great one.

The Troublesome Apprentice — The greatest sleuth in Victorian England hires a young man who turns out to be a young woman.


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FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT 

LIZA O'CONNOR, XAVIER & VIC:

Investigate these sites:

Liza's Blog and Website   Facebook   Twitter


Liza O'Connor
9/25/2014 02:14:52 pm

Thank you so much for having me on your site.

Melissa
9/26/2014 01:35:49 pm

Always! I love your posts! At least with this one, all the characters didn't show up!

Daryl Devore link
9/26/2014 03:16:51 am

Cringing over here at the thought of having a bullet removed and no anesthetic (I think I spelled that right). Great snippet.
Tweeted.

Liza O'Connor
9/26/2014 07:45:09 am

Actually they would normally use opium, morphine, nitrite oxide or chloroform as pain killers, But Dr. Connors couldn't give him anything, because he had no idea how much opium Xavier had been given already.

The truly serious problem was that antibiotics didn't exist.

Melissa
9/26/2014 01:36:31 pm

I would have been so mad just like Vic was. She really would have taken Xavier's pain on herself if she could.

Sandy link
9/26/2014 03:49:57 am

Liza, I'm glad you found a better life. A very interesting excerpt.

Liza O'Connor
9/26/2014 07:46:21 am

Aha, someone read my bio. lol. Yes, I'm also glad to have fallen into a wonderful life.

Melissa
9/26/2014 01:37:25 pm

One great part is that Liza has all of us now! Or wait, maybe that's not the good part!

Vicki Batman
9/26/2014 04:41:51 am

Wow. Very interesting too about cleanliness, something I'm sure wasn't always done, especially with no antibiotics to help. And no painkillers...yikes.

Liza O'Connor
9/26/2014 07:50:36 am

The liquid he dipped in instruments into was carbolic acid. It was less dangerous than infectious germs, so better than nothing, but it could kill as well if used too liberally.

As I noted above. There were painkillers, but because Xavier had been held prisoner, sedated with opium, the doctor could not give him any of the options available or it might have caused an overdose & death.

Melissa
9/26/2014 01:38:50 pm

It's interesting to see how some doctors felt about cleanliness. I'm sure many didn't care but enough did and those who cleaned saw healthier patients. :)

Jennifer Lowery
9/26/2014 07:27:20 am

Sounds like a great read, Liza! Congrats!

Liza O'Connor
9/26/2014 07:51:43 am

Thanks Jennifer. I hope you'll give this series a try. I think you'll like it.

Karen Lopp
9/26/2014 11:57:19 am

Not quite finished with the first book and looking forward to this one.

Melissa
9/26/2014 01:37:57 pm

All of Liza's books I highly recommend. She's got a way of keeping me laughing and reading!

Liza O'Connor
9/27/2014 07:08:14 am

I like book 2 the best. My editor likes book 3 the best.


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