Out of the leg-of-lamb-shaped package appeared first a brown furry ear, then shiny black button eyes and a red yarn nose. When he pulled the paper away, he was cuddling a much-loved stuffed dog of indeterminate breed.
“Cool,” Michael said. “Where’d you get it, squirt?”
“From her.” Sly’s big dark eyes teared up, but he held the tears back. “Hilly brought it with her. She said I should take care of it for her.”
“Cool,” Michael said again.
“Yeah,” Sly agreed, imitating the way Michael bobbed his head. “Its name is Amy.”
Wendy Hornsby
Wendy Hornsby is the Edgar Award-winning creator of the Maggie MacGowen series. A native of Southern California interested in writing at a young age, she first found professional success in fourth grade, when an essay about summer camp won a local contest. Her first novel, No Harm, was published in 1987, but it wasn’t until 1992 that Hornsby introduced her most famous character: Maggie MacGowen, documentarian and amateur sleuth.She has written seven of the MacGowen novels, most recently The Paramour’s Daughter (2010), and the sprawling tales of murder and romance have won Hornsby widespread praise. For her closely observed depiction of the darker sides of Los Angeles, she is often compared to Raymond Chandler. Besides her nine novels, Hornsby has written dozens of short stories, some of which were collected in Nine Sons (2002). When she isn’t writing, she teaches ancient and Medieval history at Long Beach City College
