January Thaw (The Murder-By-Month Mysteries) - Plot & Excerpts
I steered my Toyota snugly between a Ford and a Chevy pickup, one rusty and the other spanking new but road-splattered and sporting a Ducks Unlimited sticker in the rear window. A handful of people on the street took mincing steps as they went about their day, trying their hardest to stay upright as the two previous days’ brief thaw—warmer during the day, freezing at night—had turned the sidewalks into treacherous frozen sheets. I chose to not lift my feet off the ground, instead skating over the top of the greenish-black ice. When I pulled open the door to the Café, I was immediately awash in the warm scent of freshly ground dark roast and cinnamon scones, and the happy burble of gathering people. Buddy Holly was crooning softly in the background. I yanked off my mittens, tapped the winter off my boots, and got in line. I didn’t recognize any of the half-dozen or so people sprinkled around the main room, though I spotted Bernie Nordman, co-owner of Ace Hardware, make her way into the computer/library/board game back room with a steaming mug in one hand and what appeared to be a cherry Danish in the other.
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