Ron Base - Sanibel Sunset Detective 01 - The Sanibel Sunset Detective - Plot & Excerpts
The house was set behind an iron gate among artfully clustered palms. Grecian columns fronted a sweeping staircase guarded by two stone Great Danes. Gleaming white porches ran the length of two floors. Tree parked the Beetle outside the wall and came through the gate along the drive. The air filled with the low rattle of cicadas. He could hear the occasional car on Captiva. Otherwise, all was silence. The world here, walled and safe and perfectly arranged, appeared deserted, like so much of Florida. The state was full of people, wasn’t it? Sometimes Tree wondered. He climbed a wide sparkling stairway that might have gone all the way to heaven, but stopped at a landing where there was a bell to ring. Almost immediately—as though he’d been waiting—a small, elegant man opened the door. White hair retreated from a sun-burned face. He wore a shirt without a wrinkle in it, so white it hurt the eyes. He must have bought the gleaming black loafers a moment before he opened the door. “Yes?”“I’m looking for Mrs.
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