Paula Lester - 01 Pasta Pirates and Poison by Lester Paula & Thomas Lisa B

Author:Lester, Paula & Thomas, Lisa B. [Lester, Paula & Thomas, Lisa B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal cozy mystery, witch cozy mystery, cozy mystery, amateur sleuth, culinary cozy mystery, small town cozy mystery, cat cozy mystery, magic cozy mystery, bookstore cozy mystery
Publisher: Paula Lester and Lisa B. Thomas
Published: 2019-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Paige turned the Jeep toward Scott and Sarah’s house, eager to get there and relax. She thought she might even jump in the shower—it would feel great to get the water nice and hot and imagine it washing away all her stress. Aunt Nora’s memorial service had been emotional for her, but she was glad to have it over with. Her aunt would always remain in her heart and thoughts, but now Paige could figure out what she needed to do to move forward. She needed to care for the bookstore and find out who poisoned Nora.

As she’d been poring over the shop’s financials the past few days, Paige had realized Beachside Books had been slipping financially over the past year or so. She’d need to figure out what had been going on and find a way to get things turned around.

Paige pressed the button on the Jeep’s door to lower her window so she could feel the breeze. She turned the radio on and hit the scan button to try and find something upbeat to listen to. She stopped the scan when a song from the 1970s reminded her of riding in the car with her parents as a child. They had loved classic rock.

As she hummed along with the addictive tune, Paige’s mind went back over everything that had happened at the memorial service. She thought about Horace Bellevue, Jay’s invitation to Maretti’s, and her twin cousins’ huffiness over Paige’s inability to eat their herb dip. Why had they been so irritated about that? There were plenty of people around who could eat it, so why was it so important to them that she had a bite? She thought about Scott’s story of the twins’ husbands getting busted for growing weed at Bickle’s Nursery.

Could the four Bickles have something to do with the drug ring Scott’s department was working on? Could her twin cousins and their husbands possibly have been involved with Aunt Nora’s death? Her mind wanted to dismiss the idea, but Paige had to give it some consideration. After all, both of her cousins had expressed displeasure at getting Aunt Nora’s house instead of the bookstore, which they obviously felt was more valuable. They must not have known Beachside Books wasn’t doing that well financially.

Could they really have poisoned Aunt Nora thinking they would get the bookstore? She could imagine Patty and Taffy stopping by the shop in the morning just to say hello. One of them could have distracted Nora while the other spiked her mug.

Paige’s heart rate increased. She pulled into a parking lot, turned around, and started heading back the way she’d come. At the first stoplight, she turned right and drove to the end of the street where it dead-ended into Bickle’s Nursery. With no real plan in mind, she only knew she felt compelled to get out and look around.

The parking lot was deserted. Paige walked up to the front door to read a handwritten sign attached to it: Closed for memorial service.

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