Curious Minds by Evanovich Janet & Sutton Phoef
Author:Evanovich, Janet & Sutton, Phoef [Evanovich, Janet & Sutton, Phoef]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Humour, Crime, Contemporary, Adult, thriller, Romance
ISBN: 9780553392685
Amazon: 0553392689
Goodreads: 28524313
Publisher: Bantam Dell
Published: 2016-08-16T07:00:00+00:00
Larry steered his Honda Civic down a back road that ran parallel with Rock Creek Park and turned in to an isolated cemetery. It was a boneyard straight out of an old black-and-white horror movie, filled with mausoleums, tombstones, and weird statues. It was built on a slope that dipped down into the wilderness of the park, and Larry drove down the rutted, bumpy road to the furthest edge of the burial ground.
They stopped in front of an old, lichen-covered monument that read KNIGHT in bold letters.
âHoly moly, itâs a family crypt,â Riley said.
âYes, but I donât plan to be buried here,â Emerson said, getting out of the car. âIâm going to be stuffed and put on display in my parlor.â
âYouâre joking this time, right?â
âMaybe.â
Emerson walked to the Knight memorial and knelt at the foot of a statue of a shrouded woman dressed in flowing robes, her face turned down in sorrow. Riley got out of the Civic and took a closer look at the statue. It was haunting and oddly erotic at the same time. A cold breeze rattled the leaves of a nearby oak tree, and Riley zipped her sweatshirt up to her neck.
âSheâs beautiful,â Riley said, looking at the statue.
âYes, thatâs my great-great-grandfatherâs mistress. Lamont senior commissioned this statue of her. He wanted it to be so beautiful that his wife would never visit his grave. That way, he said, heâd have peace in the hereafter even if he couldnât have it in this life.â
âMaybe his wife would have been nicer to him if he didnât cheat on her with this sad lady here.â
Emerson brushed some moss from the edge of a large flat piece of marble at the base of the monument. âI need to move this stone,â he said.
Larry took one end and Emerson took the other. After a few moments of straining and pulling they were able to inch the stone back and expose a metal ring. Emerson tugged on the ring and the base of the monument dropped out, revealing a small fissure just large enough for a man to pass through.
âMeet us at the designated spot,â Emerson said to Larry.
âIâll be there,â Larry said. âYou can count on me. And Iâll put everything back in place here before I leave.â
Emerson hung his rucksack on one shoulder, pulled a penlight out of his pocket, and pointed it at a dark stone staircase that disappeared under the monument. âFollow me.â
âDown?â
âOf course.â
âNo way! Are you insane? God knows whatâs down there. Worms and spiders and dead people.â
âAnd?â
âAnd I donât like any of those things.â
âPity. Theyâre all rather interesting.â
âNot to me,â Riley said. âIâm staying aboveground.â
âââLet us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings.âââ
âThatâs Shakespeare, right?â
âSo they would have you believe. My great-grandfather Lamont junior didnât, however. He spent a good deal of the fortune he inherited trying to prove that Edward de Vere was the real author of those plays. That and alcoholism were Lamont juniorâs main hobbies. He was an early version of what we would now call a conspiracy enthusiast.
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