Jack said as he waited for Helen to climb into the back seat of the Town Car. “Not really.” “Shall I take you home then?” Her new visiting nurse was probably still there, waiting out the two hours she‘d been scheduled, too ne...
His more hard-news colleagues would have been frantic, wanting to get the scoop, but he didn't even look back over his shoulder as he went inside. We walked up the stairs in silence, the reality of what had happened settling on me. We'd been having a mostly pleasant holiday event filled with the ...
Cory took a deep breath and turned around. "You already own a lovely cottage, and I can't imagine you want to sell it, so I assume you're here about the community garden. Come on back to my office." It didn't surprise Helen that he knew where she lived. It was his business to keep track of that s...
She had them drop her off at the bottom of Freddie Wade's driveway and then sent them on ahead to check whether the coast was clear at the mansion. The van that had been parked in front of the garage at Freddie's was gone, and the absolute silence suggested the house was e...
I finally gave up and grabbed a yogurt to eat while I checked my e-mail. I learned that Lindsay had arranged a 9:30 appointment with Martha McDowell, the woman who'd told the Better Business Bureau she'd been scammed by Tremain to the tune of about $10,000. The woman hadn't wanted to talk to me i...
No one would notice if she stayed here in the kitchen, quietly seated in the breakfast nook with Ralph. On rare occasions being easy to overlook came in handy. Officers came into the house with empty boxes and left with full ones. She wondered if any of them contained drafts of Angie's erotica an...