Scene-Snippet Sunday (and Did You W*n a Book This Week?)

Yep, it's Scene-Snippet Sunday again. I've been pulling snippets from book three, Elysian Fields, but this book is so tightly woven around early events I'm finding it hard to find non-spoiler scenes. (And I should note here that we're beginning revisions on Elysian Fields next week, so it could all be tossed out the window...one never knows.)

In this scene, DJ is in a hotel room in New Iberia, La., after going on a quick out-of-town job. Something really, really bad has happened but she isn't...