“Damn you, Jake Graham, for always being right!” She smiled and tapped her car horn twice and stuck her left arm out of the car window in a wave that she hoped acknowledged all the greetings directed at her. Then she spied a long, low-slung, clapboard structure set further back from the road than the other buildings, in better repair than the dive shop and the Eiffel Sud, though not as spiffy as the pastel-colored boutiques. There were a dozen cars parked haphazardly in front of the building, and a new neon sign above it that glowed Aux Fruits de Mer in bright yellow, flanked by bright blue fish on either side. Without hesitation, Carole Ann swung into the lot and parked precariously near the edge of the road between an ancient, battered Citroen and a shiny new Peugeot.
She knew when she opened the door to the restaurant that the food would be wonderful. Nina Simone was on the jukebox, the place was packed, and the young waitress who passed before her just as she stepped into the room was carrying a tray of Jax beer, the bottles so cold that the ice was dripping down the sides. It was the kind of place that one would have been expected to be dark and smoky, but which was anything but, owing to the fact that the back of the place opened on to a patio— the back of the place was a patio— and the slatted front shutters were angled open so as to permit plenty of light and ocean breeze. She suddenly was so hungry that she felt faint and her eyes roamed the room— including the back patio— in search of an empty table.
Other Books by Penny Mickelbury
CAROLE ANN GIBSON SERIES
One Must Wait
Where to Choose
The Step Between
Paradise Interrupted
MIMI PATTERSON/GIANNA MAGLIONE SERIES
Keeping Secrets
Night Songs
Darkness Descending
PHIL RODRIQUEZ SERIES
Two Graves Dug
A Murder Too Close
NON-SERIES STAND ALONES
Belle City
That Part of My Face: Short Stories
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Also by Penny Mickelbury
A Phil Rodriquez Mystery
Two Graves Dug
A Murder Too Close
The Carole Ann Gibson Mysteries
One Must Wait
Where To Choose
Paradise Interrupted
The Mimi Patterson/Gianna Maglione Mysteries
Keeping Secrets
Love Notes
Watch for more at Penny Mickelbury’s site.
About the Author
Penny Mickelbury is the author of ten mystery novels in three successful series, as well as a novel of historical fiction, Belle City, and a collection of short stories, That Part of My Face. She also is an accomplished playwright, and has contributed articles and short stories to several magazines and journals.
Read more at Penny Mickelbury’s site.