The Money Bird (An Animals in Focus Mystery) by Boneham Sheila Webster

Author:Boneham, Sheila Webster [Boneham, Sheila Webster]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, mystery, cozy, mystery novel, mystery fiction, novel, animals, soft-boiled, dog show, dogs
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2013-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

thirty-one

Shadetree Retirement Home looked like I remembered Elmhurst High School on prom night. The lobby was decked out with crepe paper streamers and helium balloons, and big band music filled the air.

“Wow!” I said as we approached the door to the dining cum recreational event room. The music was much louder here, and, it turned out, was live. The singer appeared to be about sixteen, but he was doing a reasonable cover of the old Bing Crosby classic, “Swinging on a Star.” I knew it from Going My Way, one of my mother’s favorite old movies. The crepe-paper-and-balloon theme was repeated here, with strings of tiny white lights making everything sparkle, including more than one pair of elderly eyes. Several couples were dancing, while others occupied chairs and a few wheelchairs around the perimeter of the room. One or two appeared to be asleep. A long table held finger food and a punch bowl.

Jade Templeton waved and grinned from the row of chairs to my right, where she was talking to a resident who didn’t seem to be as happy as the others were. I looked around for my mother and finally spotted her on the far side of the room, dancing with a white-haired man in white slacks and shirt and a startling purple jacket. I elbowed Tom and pointed, and he grinned.

The band struck up a new number, an instrumental, and Tom leaned toward my ear and said, “In the Mood.”

I couldn’t stifle a giggle. “Not here, Tom. I mean, most of them won’t remember by tomorrow, but still …”

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