Holidays and Homicide (Back Room Bookstore Cozy Mystery Book 6) by Susan Harper

Author:Susan Harper [Harper, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2019-04-06T16:00:00+00:00

9

The following day was Sunday, which meant that Monica’s side of Backroom Books was closed. Mona had the option of spending the day in Wysteria, which was frankly where she much rather would have been, or off working with Brian on his investigation as she had hinted to him the previous evening that she wanted to do. So, against her better judgement, she had Brian pick her up at Monica’s cottage.

She waited for him outside, enjoying a bit of morning tea on the little patio table out front. Brian smiled as he pulled up and got out of the car. “I love this place,” he said, looking around. “It’s so quiet and peaceful.”

“Yes, I like the privacy of it,” Mona said, finishing up her tea. “One moment while I clean up my mess.” She picked up the kettle and glassware before going inside. Once inside and out of sight, she used her wand to put away the dishes. “Behave, Lenore,” Mona said to her raven currently perched up on the mantle.

“You behave,” Lenore said. “Are you going to be all right all day without magic?”

“I think I can go one day without using magic in front of a mortal, Lenore,” Mona said, though truthfully, she wasn’t entirely sure. With the wave of her wand, she changed outfits and did up her hair before stepping out.

Brian jumped a bit in surprise. “That was fast,” he told her, taking note that she had changed and done her hair.

“Yes, well, I’m fairly quick about getting ready,” Mona stammered, realizing she probably should have taken just a few more minutes if she was going to come out wearing different clothing.

Brian politely opened the passenger’s side door for her before running around to the driver’s side and climbing in. He glanced over at her, and Mona wondered if she had perhaps worn too much black again. She really did make herself stick out like a sore thumb in Bankstown. “Interesting nails,” he said at last.

Mona glanced at her fingertips that had been painted jet black and now had white streaks resembling spiderwebs. “Oh, thank you,” she said.

Brian smirked as he pulled off. “So, I think first we’ll go to Lou’s. He’s agreed to meet with me to talk about what happened last night to his shop. I think his daughter Penny is going to be there as well.”

“We are meeting in their home?” Mona asked.

“That’s right,” Brian said. “Is that okay?”

“Just asking,” Mona said.

“I’m surprised you wanted to help me out with this case,” Brian said.

“My sister has helped you a number of times,” Mona said. “So, I wanted to see what she finds so thrilling about this sort of thing.”

“Understood,” Brian said as they pulled into a quaint little neighborhood not too far from Main Street. He pulled up in front of a house that was heavily decorated for Christmas, though because of their use of blowups that were currently not turned on, it looked like a massacre of creatures from the Island of Misfit Toys had taken place.

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