Mayhem at the Orient Express by Kylie Logan

Author:Kylie Logan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Women Sleuths, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯), Mystery & Detective
ISBN: 9781101623435
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2013-06-04T06:23:47+00:00

12

As it turned out, Chandra got her wish. Just as we were about to sit down to dinner, Jayce Martin, the owner of the local ferryboat fleet, showed up at my door. By this time it should have come as no surprise that he was looking for a place to stay.

Thirteen.

There were thirteen of us in the house.

But not thirteen for dinner.

I was waiting at the door to the dining room, directing my guests to their seats, when Amanda came down.

“Oh.” She stopped just short of the dining room, one hand on the wall to steady herself. “I think maybe . . .” She pushed off and back toward the steps. “I’m not feeling well again. I think I’ll just go back upstairs and relax.”

I couldn’t imagine it was the fabulous aroma of the burgers wafting from the kitchen that caused her cheeks to pale and her hands to shake, and after I promised her a bowl of soup once we were done eating and watched her go back upstairs, I went into the dining room, wondering if I’d been right about Amanda all along.

Maybe that threatening note she received meant she wasn’t ill, but was hiding from someone.

Maybe when she came down to dinner, she saw that someone seated at my table?

With a cold chill on the back of my neck, I stood at the head of the table until everyone else was seated, using the opportunity to take stock of my guests. Her back to where I stood, Kate was at the far end of the table nearest the windows with Chandra to her left. Levi was next to Chandra, Hank was next to Levi. Ted had automatically grabbed the chair here at the head of the table, and there was an empty seat to his left that I would slip into as soon as everyone else settled in. That would put Meg next to me, but not her kids. They had chosen to eat in the kitchen. Luella was next to Meg, and Mariah (who was dressed to the nines in slinky black pants and a gorgeous red cashmere sweater) was next to her. Jayce was at the far end of the table. He was a rugged, dark-haired guy about our age, and it didn’t take a rocket scientist to see that no lights and no heat were the least of his problems.

Two minutes into dinner I realized Jayce couldn’t take his eyes off Kate. Fifteen minutes later, and the story was no different. The poor guy was head over heels.

Kate might have noticed if she weren’t so busy checking her text messages.

“So, what do you think, Bea?” Luella passed a plate heaped with the burgers Levi had donated to the feast to Meg, and from Meg, it came to me. Since I already had a burger on my plate, I passed it on to Ted, who eagerly took a second. “I know it’s not my place to decide, but I couldn’t help but wonder about the logistics.

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