But there would be time enough to find that out, too, she thought; meanwhile Missy could use a friend.
And so could I, Lizzie thought. So, absolutely, could I.
Heading back to the office in Bearkill, she passed children out sledding, their snowsuits bright as gumdrops as they zipped downhill.
A man trudging across an open field shouldered a shotgun. Dogs romped by a fence. A red tractor pulled a long wagon with hay bales stacked on it.
And over it all loomed the Great North Woods: vast, silent. As she swung around the long curve into town past the old potato barn, her radio sputtered.
“All units …”
She pressed the handset button and answered.
This book is for John Squibb.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thank you to all of you who helped: Ken Brown, “Cur” Soucy, Cathie Pelletier, and Lise Pelletier.
BY SARAH GRAVES
The Dead Cat Bounce
Triple Witch
Wicked Fix
Repair to Her Grave
Wreck the Halls
Unhinged
Mallets Aforethought
Tool & Die
Trap Door
The Book of Old Houses
A Face at the Window
Crawlspace
Knockdown
Dead Level
A Bat in the Belfry
Winter at the Door
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
SARAH GRAVES lives with her husband in Eastport, Maine, in the 1823 Federal-style house that helped inspire her books. This series and the author’s real-life experience have been featured in House & Garden and USA Today. She is currently at work on the next novel in her new mystery series, to be published by Bantam.
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