It was empty. “Did Mrs. Parker typically use this?” P. C. Applegate asked. Drew narrowed his eyes, studying the expression on the face of the girl standing at his mother’s bedside. Beryl had been Constance’s personal maid for nearly five years and k...
Between him and Nick and Madeline, they managed to keep the conversation pleasant, directed away from those subjects most likely to cause contention. So the topics of shifty-eyed foreigners, slick talkers, and morally bankrupt scoundrels being strictly off-limits, they were left to discuss the we...