The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller by Cleo Coyle

Author:Cleo Coyle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2018-09-24T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 30

A Nickel for Your Thoughts

Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

—Joseph Campbell

OH, SO NOW you want my help?

Several hours later, Jack’s tone was understandably peeved. When he finally awoke from his slumber, he found his Buffalo nickel on my dresser, and me vamoosed without it—and him.

You gonna tell me why?

“Why I left you behind?” I asked, pulling my car onto Cranberry Street.

I’m a gumshoe, sweetheart. I think I can guess that.

“Then you want to know why I came back for you?”

To be precise, after driving back from Boston, it was the Buffalo nickel I’d returned for, the same coin now cozily tucked in its little silk purse, and pinned once again to my underthings.

“It’s because I missed you.”

Of course you missed me! I know you by now, baby, better than you know yourself. My question is about our case. You remember? The dame who took a nosedive off her petrified balcony? Where are you driving us?

“1919 Pine Tree Avenue.”

The scene of the crime.

“Close.”

I need more than one piece of the puzzle, doll.

With Jack back on the case again, I took the length of our drive to paint him the bigger picture . . .

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