Better to rest by Dana Stabenow

Author:Dana Stabenow
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Mystery & Detective - General, Detective, Police Procedural, Liam (Fictitious character), Police, Mystery & Detective, Mystery, Fiction - Mystery, Alaska, Fighter planes, General, Liam (Fictitious cha, Mystery fiction, Women Sleuths, Police - Alaska, Campbell, Suspense, Fiction
ISBN: 9780451207029
Publisher: New York : New American Library, 2002.
Published: 2002-09-03T04:00:00+00:00

“Bill?

“Sorry. Children. Stanley Tompkins left Lydia very well-off. One or the other of them had money before they married; some said it was Lydia, but I dont buy that. Her father was a local fisherman who never made it very big, who drank a little too much, and who fathered a few too many children ever to be seriously in the chips. Stanley, now, I think she married Stanley because he was her fathers exact opposite. A very hard worker, and from the stories I hear tell from the old farts had an absolute genius for finding fish. Clarence knew Stanley pretty well.

“Clarence Saguyuk?

“Yeah. Anyway, when Stanley died, he left Lydia well dowered and all the children well provided for. None of them have to work unless they want to. She indulged in a snort. “And most of them dont.

“What do you mean by that?

“Stan Jr. is the only one of them with a real job, but even he plays at it. You ought to take a look at that boat of his sometime, the Arctic Belle . Its got all the bells and whistles on it, thousands of dollars of electronic equipment; I think he bought the first GPS in the Newenham boat harbor. He gets a new reel practically every year, hes always upgrading his skiff, he gets one hole in his gear and thats it, got to hang some new and right now, too. Hes the nicest one of the kids, certainly the easiest one to talk to, but hes fifty-five going on twelve. Or fifty-six, she added. “I dont keep track of my own age, let alone anyone elses.

“Does he live beyond his means?

“I dont think so. Id bet Karen does, though. Shes a shopper, that girl; she never walks in here in the same outfit twice running and shes always got some new piece of gold-nugget jewelry hanging off her.

“Is he married? Stan Jr.?

Bill shook her head. “No. Hes had a thing going off and on with Carol Anawrok for years, ever since high school. It stopped while she was married to Melvin Delgado, and then started up again after Melvin died. It stopped again while she was married to Keith West, and then started up again after Keith died. Bill shook her head. “Both cancer of the lungs. Carol keeps marrying smokers.

“And the rest of the kids?

“Betsys the oldest, about fifty-six or -seven, I think. Her husband is David Amakuk, whose family moved down from New Stoyahuk. Hes a foot shorter and two feet wider than she is. They met in high school, married the week after they graduated. He runs the Daisy Rose, a drifter I think Betsy financed. He does pretty well out of it, generally comes in just under high boat. They have two daughters, Daisy and Rose, both living in Anchorage now. Jerrys the other son. She paused.

“Whats wrong with Jerry?

“Everything.

“That sounds pretty comprehensive.

“Hes one of those lost souls, no ambition, no direction. Hes been up before me on possession I dont know how many times, and DWIs, too.

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