A Vintage Death by Mary Ellen Hughes

Author:Mary Ellen Hughes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: CVR01092018;mystery;mystery fiction;mystery;novel;mystery books;fatal collection;cozy;cozy mystery;cozy fiction;antiques;collecting;maine;mary hughes;maryellen hughes;CVR03012018
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2018-10-17T18:35:56+00:00

Up early Monday morning, Callie threw a warm but ratty sweatshirt on over an old pair of jeans. Who knew how much of a mess they might be faced with in the park? Boots would also be a good idea, she figured, what with the amount of water she’d seen spray from the fire hoses. She was dumping coffee grounds into her trash when her phone rang. It was Lyssa.

“I just had breakfast at the inn with George. Hah! Sounds like that musical: Sunday in the Park with George! No singing, though. Just me trying to worm things out of the man. Jeez! You’d think I was trying to get his bank account numbers, the work I had to put in. But I got a couple of things, like where he grew up. It’s a small town in southern Virginia called Greenock.” She spelled it.

Callie grabbed a pencil and wrote it down. “Anything else?”

“Just that he left Virginia after college and has moved around a lot ever since for his work. He told me his wife died a few years ago, but you heard that already.”

“Right. I tried to find him on the internet, but there’s a million George Coles. Did you get anything about who he works for? That might help.”

“Nope. That was it. I brought up Jane’s name, prattled on about her and about Dorothy, but he never took the bait. Sorry.”

“It’s a good start.”

“Yeah. I’ll see if I can get more later. Can’t be too obvious, obviously, hah! Hey, what’s happened at the park? I heard there was a fire.”

Callie told her everything, including Brian’s thoughts on why it might have happened.

“Well, I’ve heard from a few disgruntled readers about the subject matter of my books, but I’ve never had any threats, thank goodness. Funny thing, though. The complainers always have finished the entire book. I know because they can quote from beginning to end. Bet they went on to buy the next one so they could write another oh, how awful! review somewhere.” Lyssa chuckled. “Can things still go on tomorrow night? We have a lot of books being trucked in.”

“Absolutely. There’s plenty of your fans who’d be devastated if we canceled. But we’re also taking precautions that nothing more happens. Everything should be set up by tonight.”

Lyssa made an offer to come help, but not a particularly strong one. Callie guessed she was already composing the next scene in her head and eager to tap it into her laptop. She assured Lyssa that she had plenty of volunteers, who were probably already gathering at the park. They wished each other a successful day and rang off.

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