The Curse

By Dick Morris
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Published: Dec. 11, 2011
Words: 52,851 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466041738

Short description

A tightrope walk between life and death as a ruthless and mean-spirited executive finds a way to use a curse to kill off the people who stand between him and success, power, and riches. "Ingenious and chilling..." An Agent.

Extended description

This novel has been given a four star rating by a reader at Barnes and Noble. He said the ending could have been better, and so I have rewritten it.

Do not become a victim!

(excerpt) (Read more) This novel has been given a four star rating by a reader at Barnes and Noble. He said the ending could have been better, and so I have rewritten it.

Do not become a victim!

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Yes, that was it. Except...”
“Except what?”
“Except that I had to wait a while because it started raining heavily. And he began to talk about some curse.”
“Oh, that?”
“Yes. You know about it.”
“Yes. Somebody told him it is carried by a charm.”
“It absolute rubbish, or course.”
“Arthur doesn’t think so. He said he’s heard that it’s true.”
“Nonsense.”
“He’s no fool, you know. He said a colleague at the school had been given the thing, and the curse actually worked exactly the way it was supposed to work. It injured the man, and then killed him.”
Paine took a gulp of whisky. It was warm in the room, but he suddenly felt icy.
“How?”
“Nobody knows. But it certainly works. Whoever is given the charm suffers two pieces of painful bad luck, then they have a third, and fatal accident.”
“I’ve never heard anything like that before.” Paine’s voice carried a hint of worry.
“It’s supposed to have belonged to Nelson.”
“So?”
“Well, as you know, Nelson lost an eye and an arm – and then he got killed at Trafalgar.”
Paine took another gulp of whisky.
“And that colleague of Arthur’s gave the charm to him?”
“Not that I know. If he had, I would be very worried for Arthur. I’m still very fond of him, you know. I’d hate for him to be killed.”
Paine remained silent for a while. Davies had appeared to be in good health. So, the charm could not have damaged him. And yet... Wait a minute! There was something! Paine had noticed it when the history teacher had offered him a drink... Davies had had a bandaged hand!
Paine emptied his glass. His forehead had come out in a cold sweat. And icy fingers were playing a tremolo up and down his spine.
He held the glass up for Clarissa, and noticed, with horror, that his hand had started to shake.
“Get me another,” he croaked.
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suspense, murder, wealth, curse, ambition, greed, thrills, ruthlessness

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