You Can Lead a Horse to Water by Dane McCaslin

Author:Dane McCaslin [McCaslin, Dane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing
Published: 2018-01-02T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

"All right now, Delight. What page did you say?"

The five of us each had an ARC, ready to take a look at what would hopefully be the clue in solving the murders.

"Page one hundred twelve." Dee looked around at the rest of us, her eyes bright with anticipation. "How about this: we write down the names of the characters in the book and then compare them to the real-life versions?"

I nodded. "That seems logical. Devin, can I get paper from your desk?"

"Absolutely. And there's a pen lying right by my laptop. Grab that as well, Caro." She waited for me to sit back down before adding, "And since you and Merry are the ones with the information concerning the main players, shall we say, you can start."

I looked at Merry and nodded. "Merry, since you were in charge of all things related to the festival and the book signing, I'll let you describe the people."

"Sounds good. Okay, here goes. First, we have Viviana Drake. She was the owner of the local secondhand store and had expressed interest in playing the 'corpse' in our murder mystery activity that was to coincide with Sarah Lawson's book signing and the fall festival. The idea was that each booth would have one clue about the murder, ending with finding the 'corpse' and the answer."

"So would you say that Viviana was a ready-made victim?" As if realizing that her question could be construed as rude and unfeeling, Desiree quickly added, "I mean, was she the type of person in real life that would always fall for scams and the like?"

I shook my head vehemently. "Absolutely not. Viv was nothing if not overly cautious. And I don't believe that she would have wanted to play a dead body if she knew the chances of really ending up that way."

"Well, I sincerely doubt anyone would, Caro," Merry objected.

"You know what I mean, Merry. Viv was just too—too much on the periphery of things to ever get caught up in schemes. She was certainly street smart."

"Would you agree, Merry?" Devin asked, one eyebrow lifted in question.

"Oh, without a doubt, Dev," Merry said. "And then there's Victoria, just a kid really, who was willing to take Viv's place."

"And she nearly gave me heart failure," I added. "I found her sprawled out on the sidewalk near my booth, practicing looking dead."

The five of us sat silently for a moment, thinking about the dreadful, final irony of the situation. Finally, Dee sighed and spoke, motioning to the ARC.

"Well, there are two victims in here, so that's like the two in Seneca Meadows, right?" When we all nodded, she continued. "This entire book revolves around a reality TV show called Better Bakers Bake-off. A contestant is killed before the taping even gets started, and her replacement is bumped off as well. The protagonist in the book, a bakery owner in a small town, is also an amateur sleuth, and she determines she's gonna solve the crimes. She finds out that two

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