Just a Lucky Break-In (A Lucy Fong Mystery, #2) by Anne R. Tan

Author:Anne R. Tan [Tan, Anne R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Anne R. Tan

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Channeling Po Po

During the drive back to the PI office, Lucy reviewed the conversation with Max. She wasn’t sure why she was irritated with him. What if he became too caught up in this heist theory and missed the clues leading to the murderer?

Or maybe she was mad at herself for listening to Stella and omitting the details about Damien’s involvement. If Lucy had listened to her gut instinct, she wouldn’t feel out of sorts about the situation. Hopefully, everything would resolve itself once Max talked to Damien.

The next few hours flew by in a blur of activities. Lucy made several phone calls that had more to do with her marketing work for the local businesses than any actual investigation. Creating a website for the yarn shop was a lot harder than she initially thought. Why would someone buy online from Tammy next door when the big box stores offered better pricing? Lucy called a cleaning company to take care of the vacant shop and got an appointment for later in the week.

By the time Stella wandered into the inner office, asking about dinner, Lucy was ready to call it quits for the day. It was much easier working a nine-to-five job than piecemealing gigs for multiple bosses. Lucy shut down her computer. Time enough to think about it tomorrow.

“Where do the locals go to eat and gossip?” Lucy asked. She hoped it wasn’t a seedy dive bar. “We can listen in on some conversations.”

“I know just the place,” Stella said. “We can go to Fisherman’s Catch. It’s a little hole in the wall seafood bar off the pier. It gets all the leftover catch of the day that didn’t make it to the other restaurants or the fish market. The tourists like the fancier Sea King and its view of the ocean, but you can feed an entire family at Fisherman’s Catch for the same cost.”

The Sea King was a turn-of-the-century steamboat that used to shuttle goods up and down the Sacramento River but later made its way to the coast at Morro Cliff Village. The new owner converted the steamboat to a fine dining restaurant, which revitalized the pier area and drove up the prices.

The Fisherman’s Catch wasn’t even on the pier. It was a good five blocks behind the City Hall on a patch of dirt with overgrown weeds. The gravel parking lot was full, and Lucy ended up parking a block away. When Stella had said the Fisherman’s Catch was a hole in the wall, she had meant it.

The old-fashioned plywood sign was faded and unlit, making it hard to spot in the fading purple dusk. Yellow light spilled out from circular windows designed to look like portholes on a ship. Even before Lucy stepped in through the heavy double wooden doors, the heavy scent of deep-fried fish and grease wafted out to greet her. It was her kind of place.

Stella ordered the grilled sea bass with wild rice and zucchini. Lucy got the beer-battered cod fish and chips with a side of clam chowder soup.

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