Seventh Chapter

Home > Other > Seventh Chapter > Page 14
Seventh Chapter Page 14

by Kathi Daley


  “I suppose it’s possible Claudia is behind this,” I agreed. “The vampire thing seems like something she’d do, and she’s a master of disguise, so she might be able to slip into town unnoticed. But it seems like a huge risk for her to come back here so soon after her last visit, so I’m thinking it isn’t her, even if she is a total loon. So, maybe. I’ll mention it to Salinger when he calls later and see what he thinks.”

  “If the person who killed that man and left him for you to find wasn’t Claudia, then who?” Ellie asked. “With everything you’ve told me it really does sound like you’re being targeted. Someone really seems to want to mess with you. We know Claudia will go to great lengths just to yank your chain, but other than her, I can’t think of a single person who would go to so much trouble. I mean really, a vampire? Who would do such a thing?”

  I wished I knew. The idea that someone had set up the murder for my benefit bothered me quite a lot. I had to wonder if the body I’d found in the basement was the beginning and the end to whatever was going to happen, or if there were other people at risk of being killed just so someone could get at me. I’d been struggling with that idea ever since I’d found the body, that perhaps I was the reason a man had died on this blustery day in late October. I just couldn’t figure out how anyone could possibly know the details of that first death all those years ago.

  “Do you need me to watch Catherine tomorrow?” Ellie asked when I didn’t speak for a couple of minutes.

  “No,” I answered, pulling myself out of my thoughts and into the present. “I plan to be home. Do you want to come over? We can work on a menu for the Halloween Spooktacular. I’d like to do theme foods, the way we have in the past, and of course we’ll need chicken wings for Levi. But I thought we could add some new things as well. Maybe we can throw in a few more desserts. I bought a Halloween recipe book when I went to the market last week. I bet we can find some ideas in it that haven’t occurred to us before.”

  “I’d love to come by your place for a visit, and I do want to go over the menu, but I have a doctor’s appointment in the morning, so it’ll have to be in the afternoon.”

  “Is everything okay?” I asked. Ellie was pregnant with child number two.

  “Everything is perfect, although I’m a little nervous. Tomorrow is the day I finally find out the sex of the baby.”

  I smiled. “That’s great. I’ve been dying to know. I don’t know why you waited so long to have the ultrasound.”

  Ellie let out a breath. “I guess I was scared, so I procrastinated.”

  I narrowed my gaze. “Scared? Why? Because you’re hoping for a girl and will be disappointed if it’s a boy, or do you want another boy and will be let down if it’s a girl?”

  “Exactly.”

  “To which one?” I asked.

  “Both.”

  Books by Kathi Daley

  Come for the murder, stay for the romance.

  Zoe Donovan Cozy Mystery:

  Halloween Hijinks

  The Trouble With Turkeys

  Christmas Crazy

  Cupid’s Curse

  Big Bunny Bump-off

  Beach Blanket Barbie

  Maui Madness

  Derby Divas

  Haunted Hamlet

  Turkeys, Tuxes, and Tabbies

  Christmas Cozy

  Alaskan Alliance

  Matrimony Meltdown

  Soul Surrender

  Heavenly Honeymoon

  Hopscotch Homicide

  Ghostly Graveyard

  Santa Sleuth

  Shamrock Shenanigans

  Kitten Kaboodle

  Costume Catastrophe

  Candy Cane Caper

  Holiday Hangover

  Easter Escapade

  Camp Carter

  Trick or Treason

  Reindeer Roundup

  Hippity Hoppity Homicide

  Firework Fiasco

  Henderson House – August 2018

  Zimmerman Academy The New Normal

  Ashton Falls Cozy Cookbook

  Tj Jensen Paradise Lake Mysteries by Henery Press:

  Pumpkins in Paradise

  Snowmen in Paradise

  Bikinis in Paradise

  Christmas in Paradise

  Puppies in Paradise

  Halloween in Paradise

  Treasure in Paradise

  Fireworks in Paradise

  Beaches in Paradise

  Whales and Tails Cozy Mystery:

  Romeow and Juliet

  The Mad Catter

  Grimm’s Furry Tail

  Much Ado About Felines

  Legend of Tabby Hollow

  Cat of Christmas Past

  A Tale of Two Tabbies

  The Great Catsby

  Count Catula

  The Cat of Christmas Present

  A Winter’s Tail

  The Taming of the Tabby

  Frankencat

  The Cat of Christmas Future

  Farewell to Felines

  A Whisker in Time – September 2018

  The Catsgiving Feast – November 2018

  Writers’ Retreat Mystery:

  First Case

  Second Look

  Third Strike

  Fourth Victim

  Fifth Night

  Sixth Cabin

  Seventh Chapter

  Rescue Alaska Paranormal Mystery:

  Finding Justice

  Finding Answers

  Finding Courage - September 2018

  Finding Christmas – November 2018

  A Tess and Tilly Mystery:

  The Christmas Letter

  The Valentine Mystery

  The Mother’s Day Mishap

  The Halloween House

  The Thanksgiving Trip – October 2018

  Haunting by the Sea:

  Homecoming by the Sea

  Secrets by the Sea

  Missing by the Sea – October 2018

  Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mystery:

  Murder at Dolphin Bay

  Murder at Sunrise Beach

  Murder at the Witching Hour

  Murder at Christmas

  Murder at Turtle Cove

  Murder at Water’s Edge

  Murder at Midnight

  Seacliff High Mystery:

  The Secret

  The Curse

  The Relic

  The Conspiracy

  The Grudge

  The Shadow

  The Haunting

  Road to Christmas Romance:

  Road to Christmas Past

  USA Today best-selling author Kathi Daley lives in beautiful Lake Tahoe with her husband Ken. When she isn’t writing, she likes spending time hiking the miles of desolate trails surrounding her home. She has authored more than seventy-five books in eight series, including Zoe Donovan Cozy Mysteries, Whales and Tails Island Mysteries, Sand and Sea Hawaiian Mysteries, Tj Jensen Paradise Lake Series, Writers’ Retreat Southern Seashore Mysteries, Rescue Alaska Paranormal Mysteries, and Seacliff High Teen Mysteries. Find out more about her books at www.kathidaley.com

  Stay up-to-date:

  Newsletter, The Daley Weekly – http://eepurl.com/NRPDf

  Webpage – www.kathidaley.com

  Facebook at Kathi Daley Books – www.facebook.com/kathidaleybooks

  Kathi Daley Books Group Page – https://www.facebook.com/groups/569578823146850/

  E-mail – [email protected]

  Twitter at Kathi Daley@kathidaley – https://twitter.com/kathidaley

  Amazon Author Page –https://www.amazon.com/author/kathidaley

  BookBub – https://www.bookbub.com/authors/kathi-daley

 

 

 
scale(100%); -ms-filter: grayscale(100%); filter: grayscale(100%); " class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons">share



‹ Prev