A Prickly Predicament (Mad River Mystery Series Book 1)
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“Yes,” he said, smiling, “Now we can continue our happy existence in our old home.” He looked at his Civil War bride shyly and she smiled sweetly back at him.
“Shelby,” Mathias said, “if there’s ever anything at all we can do for you, just say the word.” The others all nodded vigorously.
“Thank you all,” I told them. “That means a lot.”
“You know,” said Jessamine pensively, “it was really Nathan who was the true evil spirit.”
“Why, what do you mean?” asked Mathias.
“He could see and hear us all along,” she answered, “and yet he pretended not to. He was willing to have us exorcised—just to save his own skin!”
“You’re right, honeybunch,” her husband said. “You’re absolutely right.”
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Eliana, dressed in her shimmering Partonesque outfit, sparkled that evening on the television news. “Oh, it was all very exciting,” she burbled, smiling directly into the camera. I had never noticed before how white her teeth were. “Nick Simmons was so clever to have unraveled the case the way he did.”
“What?” I protested at the television screen. “He’s too young for you!” I shouted at her glittering image. How dare she flirt with my boyfriend! I stopped myself: Was Nick my boyfriend? I glanced at him sideways.
“Calm down,” Nick grinned. “Everyone knows it was you who solved this case.” Nick and Harriet and I were sitting together in Harriet’s and my living room.
“It wasn’t me who did it,” I said, and saw Harriet give me an oblique look. The gray tabby ghost cat leaped up onto the couch beside me and touched my cheek with her paw. I smiled at her.
“Who was it then?” Nick asked.
“Oh, never mind,” I said and smiled at him. “Say, are you still taking me to the movies this Saturday?”
“You still want to go?”
“I sure do,” I told him. “What’s playing?”
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A Frozen Scoop of Murder (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book One)
Death by Chocolate Sundae (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Two)
Soft Serve Secrets (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Three)
Ice Cream You Scream (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Four)
Double Dip Dilemma (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Five)
Melted Memories (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Six)
Triple Dip Debacle(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Seven)
Whipped Wedding Woes(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Eight)
A Sprinkle of Tropical Trouble(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Nine)
A Drizzle of Deception(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Ten)
Sweet Home Mystery Series
Creamed at the Coffee Cabana (Sweet Home Mystery Series Book One)
A Caffeinated Crunch (Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Two)
A Frothy Fiasco (Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Three)
Punked by the Pumpkin(Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Four)
Peppermint Pandemonium(Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Five)
Expresso Messo(Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Six)
Whispering Pines Mystery Series
A Sinister Slice of Murder (Whispering Pines Mystery Series Book One)
Sanctum of Shadows (Whispering Pines Mystery Series Book Two)
Curse of the Bloodstone Arrow (Whispering Pines Mystery Series Book Three)
Mad River Mystery Series
A Wicked Whack
A Prickly Predicament
Eden Patterson: Ghost Whisper Series
The Mystery of the Courthouse Calamity
The Mystery of the Screaming Elms
The Mystery of the Morbid Moans
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You can read Constance Barker’s books for free with Kindle Unlimited. These books are all from my Caesars Creek Series
A Frozen Scoop of Murder (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book One)
Death by Chocolate Sundae (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Two)
Soft Serve Secrets (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Three)
Ice Cream You Scream (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Four)
Double Dip Dilemma (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Five)
Melted Memories (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Six)
Triple Dip Debacle(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Seven)
Whipped Wedding Woes(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Eight)
A Sprinkle of Tropical Trouble(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Nine)
A Drizzle of Deception(Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book Ten)
Sweet Home Mystery Series
Creamed at the Coffee Cabana (Sweet Home Mystery Series Book One)
A Caffeinated Crunch (Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Two)
A Frothy Fiasco (Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Three)
Punked by the Pumpkin(Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Four)
Peppermint Pandemonium(Sweet Home Mystery Series Book Five)
Whispering Pines Mystery Series
A Sinister Slice of Murder (Whispering Pines Mystery Series Book One)