“Sorry it took so long,” said Gwen, trying to catch her breath. “I couldn’t get the dead-bolt open.” “What on earth happened?” asked Nancy, quickly appraising the scene. “My God! The wreath fell on him?”Dave was speechless. “It fell on him, all right,” I said, “but he’s been shot.”I rolled the de...
It was the day before Ash Wednesday and therefore (traditionally) a day of excess. Mardi Gras parades — the best ones — were held on Fat Tuesday. Drinking and debauching are the orders of the day as we gird our loins for forty days of fasting and prayer. Fasting and prayer have mostly fallen by t...
They struck the traditional pose--elbows in, wrists out. I recognized decorators when I saw them. “ Mornin’, boys,” I grunted. “What brings you to this side of town?” They were a stereotype waitin’ for a bus. The blonde California-boy was wearing a ...
You solve the case yet?" asked Kit, as curious as that cat that got itself killed for exactly the same reason that I told Kit to shut up for. I looked out the window. It was a dark and stormy night--not so dark that I couldn't see the feminine form lurking in the shadows o...
"Are you a wirgin?""I think so," gulluped Tessie. "What's a wirgin?""Never mind that," said Pedro, with a stern yet resolute nod. "Lapke here tells me that the Amish Vampires are onto the Doctrine of Transubstantiation. Once they discovered that little gem, they started converting to Catholicism ...
I walked down the street, rain splashing off my hat and running down my back, a walking advertisement for AFLAC, complete with the honking that I suddenly noticed was coming from my own nose. I was cold, I was wet, and I was a gumshoe. Life was good.I stopped at the corner, dug my hands deep into...
"I don't even like this woman.""Just go in with me," said Pete. "It isn't going to kill you, and besides, I hate going into nursing homes by myself."The Sunridge Assisted Living facility is located between Blowing Rock and St. Germaine. It's not a top of the line nursing home, but it's okay. The ...