Witch in the Dell--And 2 New Mini Mysteries by Cate Dean

Author:Cate Dean
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cozy mystery, amateur sleuth, women sleuths, anthologies and collections, ex-pat American British archaeologist ghost hunter surfer female sleuth, British village England coast antique shop
Publisher: Cate Dean
Published: 2017-10-05T16:00:00+00:00

Witch in the Dell

A Maggie Mulgrew Mini Mystery

Cate Dean

Copyright, 2017

All Rights Reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without written permission of the author, except for use in any review. This is a work of fiction. The names, characters, locales, and events are either pure invention or used fictitiously, and all incidents come from the author’s imagination alone.

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“Margaret Elizabeth Mulgrew!”

Maggie cringed as her Great Aunt Irene’s voice boomed across the yard.

“Margaret?” Spencer Knight nudged her with his elbow. They had been best friends since her first visit to Holmestead, England, ten years ago. “What did you do wrong?”

“I couldn’t have done anything yet—I just got here. Coming, Aunt Irene!” She knew better than to ignore what amounted to a command. Even as a college sophomore, she could still be intimidated by the tall, often intimidating Irene Mulgrew. She wiped off her dusty hands and walked out of the carriage house. “What did I do?”

She earned one of Aunt Irene’s rare smiles. “Nothing, dear girl. I knew that you would appear quickly if I used your full name.”

“That’s foul play.”

Aunt Irene lifted her chin. “I consider it effective tactics.”

Maggie burst out laughing, and hugged her aunt. It was one of the many things she loved about her time here; being able to touch, to hug, without the threat of a cold response. Or worse, no response. Her parents never could understand her need for physical affection. Didn’t they provide her a home, good food, and a top notch education?

With a sigh, Maggie pushed them out of her mind. Any thoughts of them didn’t belong here. If they discovered that she had taken a week off school to spend Halloween with Aunt Irene and Spencer, she would never hear the end of it.

No excuse, or argument that she had cleared it with all her professors, would make any difference. They would see it as shirking her duty—to them, to her education, to the life they already had planned for her—

“—listening to me, Maggie?”

“Sorry. I was woolgathering.”

Aunt Irene tucked a strand of Maggie’s wild red hair behind her ear. “An activity I highly recommend, dear girl, when I am not speaking to you.”

“Right.” She smiled. “What were you saying?”

“I need some salable items for the consignment shop. Halloween is a busy time in Holmestead, and I would like some extra merchandise. If you and Spencer could take a look through the carriage house, and find about a dozen items for me, I will pay you both an hourly wage for your effort.”

“And a percentage of the sale.”

Aunt Irene shook her head, smiling again. “A young entrepreneur after my own heart. Very well, twenty percent, split between you.”

Maggie crossed her arms. “Forty percent.”

“Twenty-five, and not a pence more. Now get, before I change my mind and charge you for the privilege of rummaging through my inventory.”

Maggie held out her hand. “Done.”

With another smile, Aunt Irene shook it, sealing their bargain.

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