The Secret Staircase (A Wendover House Mystery Book 1) - Plot & Excerpts
It was very narrow and claustrophobic inside and I declined to go all the way to the top, knowing it would provoke my vertigo. The clouds were gathering as we headed back for Little Goose and we had to work our way through the returning fishing boats. Everyone stared and nodded at me and most waved at Harris, though no one shouted any kind of introduction or greeting. Maybe bellowing at ladies was considered bad form. The air as we neared Little Goose held the expectation of rain and I began looking east with regularity as the clouds thickened and roiled. Harris said this was normal weather for summer and that I would have to watch the sunset, which would be spectacular. I took comfort in his calm demeanor. At my request we circled the island before docking. The sun was in the wrong place to have a great view of the house, which was mostly just a silhouette, but I got to see more of the island itself. The cliff that fell away from my backyard was dark shale with pockets of soil which had probably washed down from the garden and gotten caught in the fractured stone.
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