Murder at the Million Dollar Pier by Gwen Mayo & Sarah E Glenn

Author:Gwen Mayo & Sarah E Glenn [Mayo, Gwen & Glenn, Sarah E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781949281064
Publisher: Mystery and Horror LLC
Published: 2019-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

Trekking through the lobby amid stares and awkward silence was not going to be easy, but it was that or slinking in the back door of the hotel. She’d lived too long to let a few gossips make her cower.

Cornelia put on a brave, albeit sweaty face, and handed her automobile over to the valet. Chin high, she strolled past the doorman and headed toward the lift. She gritted her teeth at the whispers intended to be overheard. There was a temptation to gaze back and match a face with the words. She focused on the brass doors instead, and kept putting one foot in front of the other.

Despite the gossip, Cornelia was relieved to be back at the hotel. After years in Colorado, she had become unaccustomed to Florida’s humidity. It seemed odd to be sweating in the middle of winter, but it had been a while since she was in a climate where February temperatures could reach eighty degrees. Carrying her uncle’s camera around didn’t help. Next time he wanted to film Florida, she was going to let him tote his own equipment.

She let herself believe that lie for the few seconds it took to lug the tripod to her uncle’s room. As she stowed the camera in the wardrobe, she was greeted by the faint aroma of bay rum mingled with leather polish and machine oil. The scent took her back to her childhood.

Cornelia turned to leave, but lingered in the doorway to glance around the room at his clocks, his leather luggage arranged by size, and engineering journals stacked on the bedside table with their spines in perfect alignment. During the week they had spent in Saint Petersburg, he had managed to make the room his own. The old dear with his gadgets, obsessions, and sheer brilliance was going to have her wrapped around his finger as long as he lived.

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