Shaded Light: The Case of the Tactless Trophy Wife: A Paul Manziuk and Jacquie Ryan Mystery (The Manziuk and Ryan Mysteries Book 1) by J. A. Menzies

Author:J. A. Menzies [Menzies, J. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: MurderWillOut Mysteries
Published: 2013-04-11T04:00:00+00:00

Thirteen-year-old Win Fong was delighted that his best friend, Trent Cooper, had been able to stay for the weekend. This morning, they were going hunting. Win had been given a zoom lens for his birthday a week before and he wanted to test it out. The local fall fair had a photography contest for children up to fourteen, and Win felt the new lens gave him a good chance to win.

The subject he was interested in was birds’ nests. With Trent’s help, he thought he’d get some terrific shots.

The place they had chosen to hunt in was the ravine at the back of Win’s house. And as soon as the two boys had finished breakfast, they were off.

They had climbed two promising trees, and Win had taken five pictures. The day was looking great.

“Let’s try that tree over there.” Trent pointed to a large ornamental crab fifty feet from where they were standing. “It looks big enough to have three nests in it.”

“Yeah, it looks like a good one,” Win agreed. “Race you there.” He took off, and Trent willed his legs to move faster so he could keep up with his friend.

Win got to the tree first and started up. He was laughing and urging Trent to try to catch him.

Trent waited at the bottom for a minute, watching his friend until he had reached the first solid limb.

“Okay,” Win said. “Come on up and I’ll make room for you.”

“On my way.” Trent began to grasp the trunk with both arms.

“Put the lunch down, dummy.”

“Oh, yeah. I forgot.” Trent looked around for a safe place to leave the canvas lunch sack he had offered to carry. He took a few steps toward a small tree stump and then he stopped. His face blanched. “Win,” he said quietly.

“What are you doing? Hurry up!” Win yelled from his perch on the tree limb.

“Win.” Trent’s voice was somewhat louder than before. But his friend either wasn’t listening or didn’t hear. “Win!” he yelled with all his might.

“What are you doing over there?”

“I think I’m looking at a dead person.”

“You’re what?” The voice was only slightly amused. “Aw, come on.”

“I’m not joking, Win. I think she’s dead.”

Annoyed, but curious to see what joke Trent was playing on him, Win climbed down the tree. He walked over to stand next to Trent. “Now what?” He looked to where Trent was pointing. He took a few steps forward and Trent followed. Both boys stood still for ten long seconds. Then Win grabbed Trent’s arm. “Let’s get out of here!”

“Should—shouldn’t we tell somebody?”

“We can tell my mom. Come on! Let’s get out of here. Maybe whoever did it is still here. Maybe watching us from behind a tree!” Wasting no further time, Win turned and ran full out with Trent close on his heels.

Kendall knocked on the door to George Brodie’s study.

“It’s open,” George said impatiently. “Oh, it’s you. Have they found that dratted girl yet? What a day for her to decide to take a holiday!”

“I think it could be a little more serious than that, Dad.

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