Weddings and Witnesses (An Isle of Man Ghostly Cozy Book 23) by Diana Xarissa

Author:Diana Xarissa [Xarissa, Diana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-08-11T20:00:00+00:00

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“There’s nothing we can do,” Fenella said flatly. “We need to wait and see what we can learn from tomorrow’s paper, but I doubt it will make any difference. Daniel and Ted are going to have to solve this one. Even you can’t magic up those five women, and I think they’re going to be the key to solving this case.”

Mona frowned. “I’m going to have to see what I can do,” she said before she faded away.

“Don’t do anything,” Fenella called after her. She waited a moment and then sighed deeply. “And now I’m going to start bumping into susp, er, witnesses, everywhere we go,” she muttered as she got to her feet.

She walked to the bookshelves and began to browse through the selections. After finding half a dozen titles that sounded interesting, she curled up with the pile and picked one at random. Half an hour later, she’d tried four of them and found that none of them could hold her interest.

“I’m too distracted by the murder,” she admitted to herself in a low voice. “I want to relax and enjoy a good book, but more than that, I want to find out who killed Rebecca Drury and why. What was she even doing here? How long had she been staying here? Why am I talking to myself? And why am I doing it out loud?” Shaking her head at her own behavior, Fenella went into the bathroom and started getting ready for dinner.

“I’m starving again,” Shelly said when Fenella joined her in the corridor. “That light lunch was too light.”

“I’m really hungry, too,” Fenella admitted. “And I had two desserts.”

“We all had two puddings,” Elaine said as she approached. “But that was a very long time ago. I hope this restaurant we’re going to tonight has a nice pudding menu.”

“It’s one of the nicest restaurants on the island,” Shelly told her. “They do fabulous puddings, if you can manage to save room.”

“I’ll save room,” Elaine promised.

They chatted about the restaurant’s constantly changing menu as they took the elevator to the ground floor. Fenella waved to Jasper, who was behind the reception desk, as they headed for the hotel’s exit. He waved back, but he was on the telephone and couldn’t do more than that.

As the women stepped outside, a taxi pulled to a stop at the door.

“Ms. Woods?” the driver asked.

Fenella nodded and then she helped Elaine into the car’s passenger seat. She and Shelly sat in the back on the drive into Douglas. The driver left them at the restaurant only a few minutes early. Tim was already there and he greeted Shelly with an embrace.

“You look absolutely fabulous,” he told her after the kiss. “Younger and refreshed and glowing.”

Shelly laughed. “You got it all, just the way I told you,” she teased. “Thank you.”

Tim grinned at her. “You really do look great,” he said.

Daniel arrived a moment later. “You look wonderful,” he told Fenella. “Glowing and younger and something else I’ve forgotten.”

“Refreshed,” Tim suggested.

“Refreshed,” Daniel agreed.

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