Later, she thought, she would have to find a better place for what this poor fellow had sold her. Sometime soon. But for now, with a laugh, she opened the creaking door of an icebox from 1911 and shoved inside a stuffed egret, an IKEA lamp, and a pretty little rosewood Bible box.
About the Author
An Edgar nominee for Best Short Story, Shelley Costa is the author of You Cannoli Die Once (Agatha Award nominee for Best First Novel) and Basil Instinct. A Killer’s Guide to Good Works, the second book in the Val Cameron mystery series, follows Practical Sins for Cold Climates (January 2016). Shelley’s mystery stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Blood on Their Hands, The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, and Crimewave (UK). She teaches fiction writing at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Visit her at www.shelleycosta.com.
The Val Cameron Mystery Series
by Shelley Costa
PRACTICAL SINS FOR COLD CLIMATES (#1)
A KILLER’S GUIDE TO GOOD WORKS (#2)
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