β Scribed by MARY KELLY REED
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
ONCE UPON A WINTER NIGHT
Blue Hills is a picturesque city where life is good all year round. Ally happily fills her days with workβher successful blogβand family and friends. When she and her friends head out to the woods for the annual Winter Night festival, she cannot even imagine the surprises it holds in store. The discovery of the body of a man who left Blue Hills years ago sends the whole town into an uproar.Β
Intrigued by his story, Ally quickly puts on her detective hat. But when the past comes to the surface, things are rarely simple, and Ally must unravel fact from fiction in a sea of rumors.
Everyone in town has a theory about who did itβwill Ally be able to shed light on the truth?
EXCERPTΒ
My uncle, George, is the chief of police, and he's not exactly enthusiastic about my tendency to pry into situations that are none of my business, as he reminds me all the time. So, no surprise when he arrives a half-hour later and the first words out of his mouth are: "How did you manage to get yourself mixed up in another murder?"
"Murder β¦? "It's not like the idea hadn't crossed my mind, but I was sincerely hoping this was an accident.
"We can't be positive, but according to the initial findings of the investigation, the way the body was positioned does not indicate an accident. Are you all right?" he enquires, more gently.
Uncle George sees Emma and me pretty often since we're friends with his daughter, Isabella. Deep down, he cares about us more than he lets on.
"Don't worry," I answer with a reassuring smile.
"I know youβso of course I'm worried. Danny, you're responsible for her. I don't want her getting all tangled up in this as usual."
"I can promise nothing," Danny answers, but I'm not in the mood to laugh.
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Overview: Dennis L. McKiernan was born April 4, 1932, in Moberly, Missouri, where he lived until age eighteen, when he joined the U.S. Air Force and served four years spanning the Korean War. He received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri in 1958 and an M.S. in the same
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