Death of a Garage Sale Newbie by Sharon Dunn

Author:Sharon Dunn [Dunn, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 9781410405555
Publisher: Multnomah Books
Published: 2007-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Ginger swished the tea bag back and forth in her Styrofoam cup. A dollar twenty-five seemed pretty steep for an ordinary cup of tea. For a buck and a quarter, you’d think they would at least provide her with a nice mug. She always carried tea bags in her purse and just asked for hot water. But Arleta had offered to buy the drink, and Ginger didn’t want to hurt her feelings.

At 12:45 a.m., the food court at the mall was abandoned except for the four women who sat around the table with her: Kindra, Suzanne, Arleta, and Officer Welstad.

Other shoppers still milled through the stores that were open, but the bulk of them had grabbed their goodies and gone home to bed. For the two times a year that the mall had midnight shopping, they stayed open until two in the morning, a tradition that had started twenty years ago when the mall was built.

Arleta leaned close. “Is that sweater keeping you warm?”

Ginger tugged at the collar of the cardigan Arleta had loaned her. “Yes, thank you.”

Though it was a warm, summer night, the mall was kept at a comfortable temperature. But after that man had pushed her down and threatened to kill her friends, a chill she couldn’t get rid of invaded her bones. The stress of it all had been too much. Already the shooting stars across her eyes and the feeling that her head was being squeezed tighter and tighter told her she had a couple of hours tops before her migraine became full-blown.

She’d dug through her purse for her medication the second the symptoms started. Maybe she’d caught this one in time and could ward it off. She needed to get home and take the nausea medication.

Tammy continued to talk, but Ginger could barely hear her above the voice that kept repeating in her head. “Leave your dead friend alone or you’ll lose another one.” She wouldn’t risk losing the friends she still had to find Mary Margret’s killer.

Arleta pushed her chair a little closer to Ginger’s. What a horrible night the older woman had had. Ginger couldn’t imagine having to listen to someone going through your personal papers. It seemed too coincidental that she and Kindra had been at Arleta’s house, that Earl thought someone had been in their family room, and then an intruder had gone through Arleta’s stuff all in the same night.

Ginger arranged the sugar packets into rows beside her cup. None of this speculation mattered. What would she do if she lost her bargain hunter friends? The quest for a good deal might have brought them together, but even if there was never another half price sale, she’d love these women until the end of time.

Kindra laid her hand over Ginger’s. “What do you think of that?”

Kindra had on blue nail polish with little pink flowers painted on top. So pretty. Ginger reached over and squeezed the young woman’s hand. “I’m sorry, I wasn’t listening.”

Tammy cleared her throat. “I know you’re probably tired.

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