By Jennie Bentley
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Ex-New York clothier Avery Baker left the bustle of the large urban to begin her own residence upkeep company in Maine. yet as she renovates an previous carriage residence on behalf of a soon-to-be wed buddy, she stumbles throughout a dull body-a individual identified all too good by way of the blushing bride. The small city is abuzz with tremendous suspicions, and Avery realizes she needs to resolve a matrimonial homicide.
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She’s also Derek’s old history teacher from high school. Like all women of a certain age—above three and still breathing—she adores him. I added, “Do you want to come? ” “I wish I could,” Derek said, “but I think I’d better work on getting the carriage house insulated. ” I shivered. Derek grinned and put his arm around my shoulders. Down at the corner, a pair of headlights appeared. A smoky gray car passed us, pulling to the curb across the road from the B&B. The passenger door opened, and a tall young woman in a dark coat and high heels got out.
Afterward, I knew her only as a name in the paper. Apparently, she had been one of the Stenhams’ accountants, keeping one of their projects on track financially, and she had been on her way home from babysitting for her daughter late one night when she had gotten into a car accident on a lonely stretch of road on the outskirts of Waterfield, near Barnham College. It was late and the roads were slick, and she had been spun off the road and into a rock wall. The driver of the other car had fled the scene, leaving Carolyn there, and she had died.
Something lighter, I think. White cabinets. ” I nodded, snagging a piece of copy paper and a pen off the desk to take notes. ” I ran through our various thoughts on the subject and secured Kate’s wholehearted approval to the idea of expanding upward. “Wayne’s not so old that he has a problem with stairs,” she said, “and I’m still on the right side of forty. By a comfortable margin. ” I made a note on my borrowed piece of paper. “Tub, shower, or both? Separately or together? Derek wants me to design the place—decide where everything goes—and then he’ll figure out how to make it work.