Murder by the Book

By Devorah Fox

An ordinary work day at the western Massachusetts Sugarloaf Inn turns more chilling than the winter weather when staff member Candy Wadsen makes a gruesome discovery. Her day goes from bad to worse when Candy realizes that Detective Sergeant Dan Petrowski suspects her of committing the crime.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Devorah Fox
• Release date: Feb 26, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310553752

Devorah Fox

"What if?" Those two words all too easily send Devorah Fox spinning into flights of fancy. Author of best-selling The Bewildering Adventures of King Bewilliam literary fantasy series including The Lost King, awarded the All Authors Certificate of Excellence 2016 and The Redoubt, voted #35 of 50 Self-Published Books Worth Reading 2016, she also wrote the mystery minis, Murder by the Book and One Bad Apple, and the Fantasy/Sci Fi Mini, Lady Blackwing. She co-authored the contemporary thriller, Naked Came the Sharks with Jed Donellie and contributed to Masters of Time and Magic Unveiled, SciFi/Fantasy anthologies. Her novel, Detour, finished in the Top Ten Thrillers in the 2017 Preditors and Editors Readers’ Poll and The Zen Detective, a mystery, was named a finalist for the Golden Book Award Contest 2017. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she now lives on the Texas Gulf Coast with rescued tabby cats ... and a dragon named Inky. Visit the “Dee-Scoveries” blog at http://www.devorahfox.com.

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MURDER BY THE BOOK

by

DEVORAH FOX

Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2016 by Devorah Fox

Published by Mike Byrnes and Associates, Inc.

Mike Byrnes and Associates, Inc.

355 Keewaydin Lane, Port Aransas, Texas 78373

http://devorahfox.com

Other books by Devorah Fox

The Bewildering Adventures of King Bewilliam series:

The Lost King, Book One

The King’s Ransom, Book Two

The King’s Redress, Book Three

Also by Devorah Fox

Naked Came the Sharks with Jed Donellie

Turning the Tide in Masters of Time, A SciFi/Fantasy Time Travel Anthology

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Author’s Note

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

About the Author

AUTHOR’S NOTE

This is a work of fiction. Therefore, names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of my imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, places, or persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

Chapter One

"Ms. Wadsen."

Candy Wadsen looked up from her keyboard. Her boss, Newton Sleink, business manager of the Sugarloaf Inn, stood in front of her desk. He smoothed back thin strands of greasy dark hair and tugged at the lapels of his chalk stripe suit coat.

Please tell the staff I'll need to see them in my office in half an hour.

Candy's eyes flicked to her watch. It was nearly quitting time. No one would be happy about being asked to stay late.

Will you need me to take notes, Mr. Sleink? she asked.

No. But I do need you to run an urgent errand for me if you will.

He handed her a slip of paper. It was a receipt from a