The tragic tale of a grocer who, unsatisfied with his dull wife and enamored with another woman, decides on murder as the only means to achieve his goals ... Originally published in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine, March 1966.
The Stranger's Obituary
β Scribed by Jessica L. Randall
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 106 KB
- Series
- Obituary Society 2
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Welcome to Auburn, where fresh baked cookies hold the key to your future, and a melody carries the secrets of your past.
Mina Fairchild keeps to herself, and that's the way she likes it. Her secluded life protects the secrets she hides, as well as a certain peculiarity that even people in the colorful town of Auburn, Nebraska find strange.Β
But when her movie-star sister Bernadette shows up, Mina's cozy bungalow is overrun with paparazzi. One dark eyed reporter seems to see straight into Mina's soul and her world begins to crumble. It's bad enough when he noses around her secrets, but then he starts digging for information about her mother, and Mina can't let that happen.
Bernadette fled her Hollywood life after her boyfriend's affair caused her to do things that sent the tabloids flying off the racks. Now she's facing the sister she hasn't spoken to in eight years, and an ex-fiancΓ©, to whom she owes more than an explanation. While she's not sure she...
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