On the Card

Kira Brightwell never expects much on her birthday.

But this year promises an even more low-key day than usual, with a sick boyfriend, one of her few friends working a double shift, and her family too busy to celebrate until the weekend.

Curling up with an ice cream cake to binge-watch some movies seems like the best way to salvage things. (And so what if she had to buy the cake herself?)

...Until an anonymous birthday card containing an immediate threat ends up crashing the party.

A fast-paced crime fiction adventure for both new and regular readers of the Kira Brightwell series by Writers’ Journal winning author, Jacquelyn Smith. This short story takes place between Split Decision and Black and Blue.