Dragon Slayer

By Mary Walsh

This short story crime thriller will have you at the edge of your seat! Alexandra Bartolucci never expected her mundane life as a jewelry store owner to be upended by a handsome stranger. When he walks into her store and asks her to restore a rare pendant, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected mystery. Phone calls with mysterious messages, and Alexandra is unsure of who to trust. 

 

Will she be able to uncover the secrets of the pendant and save her jewelry store? Or will she be left with more questions than answers? 

 

If you enjoyed the romance and suspense of The Da Vinci Code, you'll love Alexandra's adventure in Dragon Slayer. 

 

**Honorable Mention Winner of the Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookshop Short Story Contest**

 

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mary Walsh
• Release date: Oct 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201426477

Mary Walsh

MARY WALSH was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She studied acting at Ryerson University and is the creator of the CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes, which has won numerous Gemini, Canadian Comedy and Canadian Screen Awards. She is a versatile actor and has appeared in both dramas and comedies, including the Gemini Award–winning Hatching, Matching and Dispatching, which she wrote and starred in. Recently, Walsh has starred in Sensitive Skin, Rookie Blue and Slasher. She currently has several feature films in development, and in 2017 the cast of Hatching, Matching and Dispatching will be reunited for a CBC feature called “Christmas Fury,” of which Walsh is the writer, producer and star. She is a Member of the Order of Canada and has received a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.  

Book preview

Alex typed her last name in the search field on Ancestors.com and clicked Search.

Bartolucci.

As she explored the site, she found several listings of her last name, wondering if she was related to any of them. She clicked the chat room link and scanned for someone with the same last name as hers whom she could press for possible details about her ancestors. She sent an instant message to Nick Bartolucci.

My name is Alexandra Bartolucci and I was wondering if I could be related to you. I live in Providence and I am a jeweler. My father’s first name is Salvatore and my mother’s first name is Antonia. (We call her Toni.)  Do any of our names sound familiar to you?

I live in Providence, too. Sorry but Toni and Salvatore don’t sound familiar to me. Though we still could be very distant cousins?  Since you’re a jeweler, I have a pendant that needs to be fixed and none of the jewelers I’ve been to have been able to help me. Where is your shop?

My shop is on Waterman Street. Three blocks from Brown University. I’m open from 10-6 daily, except Sundays.

Great! I’ll see you on Friday during my lunch break.

On Friday, Alex’s stomach