It Came Upon a Midnight Crime by Christy Barritt

It Came Upon a Midnight Crime by Christy Barritt

Author:Christy Barritt [Barritt, Christy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mystery
Amazon: B00A977EE4
Goodreads: 16173891
Publisher: River Heights
Published: 2014-01-05T00:00:00+00:00


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I stood, brushing some winter-crisp leaves from my jeans, and shook my head. I grabbed ahold of the stair railing to keep my balance and looked down at the three others who were with me.

“Someone definitely tampered with that step, Pastor. You need to watch out. I don’t know what they might be planning next.”

“Why are you so certain?” Riley asked.

I pointed to the area where the step was broken. “Look at the way the wood is split. The lines are pretty clean. If this had happened because the wood was simply weak, then there would be more splintering.”

“Maybe the contractor who put the step in didn’t know what he was doing and used a damaged piece of wood,” Charity offered.

Pastor Shaggy shook his head. He pushed past Charity and got a closer look before standing and frowning. “That might explain the glass in my mailbox.”

“The glass in your mailbox?” I hadn’t heard about that yet.

He reached for the cut across his thumb. “I reached in to get something the other day and found that someone had left a broken bottle in there. I didn’t even see it. It got me good. I guess I really am in danger.”

I’d seen that cut last Friday and planned to ask him what happened. I’d gotten distracted by everything else, though. “You should be careful until this person is caught. All of this seems to be escalating, and now you’re in the crosshairs.”

We lumbered back down the stairs and stood on the crisp grass in front of his boxy, 70s era apartment building.

Charity looked up at Pastor Shaggy with her big brown eyes. “Maybe you should give it up. I don’t want you to get hurt. Is it really worth it?”

I was pretty sure the pastor blushed. “I can’t give up. If I do, I’ll let the bully behind all of this win. Besides, God took care of Paul in prison and Daniel in the den of lions. I know he can take care of me, too.”

I wanted to argue with him, but I couldn’t. I wasn’t one for backing down, so I couldn’t encourage the pastor to do it either. But I didn’t want to see him get hurt.

That made the urgency of the situation even greater. Someone was now trying to hurt people. Real, living people. The glass and the broken stair might only be the beginning. What would they try next?

“Pastor! I’m glad I caught you!” A man came running out from an apartment on the first floor. “Someone stopped by yesterday to see you. He asked me to give you his card.”

Pastor Shaggy took the card and stared at it a moment. “Marvin Harris.”

“The Coalition Against Christmas!” My voice was louder than I intended. But then I found myself deflating as I put the facts together in my mind. “I’d say he was the one who messed with your step, but then why would he leave his contact information and implicate himself?”

Pastor Shaggy’s neighbor shrugged. “He wasn’t the most pleasant man.



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