Paint Me A Murder by Delta James EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Delta James
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Tuesday, September 12
Bile rose in my throat at the sight of the crowded street outside my store
window. The last time this many people had gathered in downtown Grace
Gulch at noontime, a man had died.
“I have a bad feeling about this.” My sister Jenna removed a blue
feather bouffant confection from her golden head. She was hunting for the
perfect hat to wear in the hubbub outside. “Mayor Ron is turning the
opening of the Grace Gulch Center for the Arts into a circus with this
treasure hunt.”
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Jenna reached for a paisley print hat from the ’60s. As owner of
Cici’s Vintage Clothing Store in Grace Gulch, Oklahoma, I kept my eyes
open for unique headgear. Jenna loved hats.
“I think it might be fun.” I pushed the memories of Penn Hardy’s
death during Land Run Days three years ago to the back of my mind. “The
mayor would never have let me borrow Mary Grace’s garland for anything
else.”
Not after what happened to Magda Grace Mallory’s pearl necklace.
I would never forget the way the pearls scattered around the town icon’s
dead body two months before my wedding to Audie Howe. Two years had
passed since the last murder, two blissfully peaceful years while I grew
accustomed to life as Mrs. Audwin Howe.
Shortly after our marriage, my sister Jenna had moved back to run
the visual arts portion of the Grace Gulch Center for the Arts. Ever since
her return, I waited for the trouble that inevitably followed the sister I
dubbed “Hurricane Jenna.” By now I had relaxed my guard. I had more
important things to worry about—like the child growing in my womb,
expected arrival in another six weeks, give or take.
“Oh, yes. The Grace Garland.” Jenna bent over the secure glass
display case to study the object.
The “garland” was actually a locket attached to a chain fashioned to
look like a vine. The locket was shaped like an open flower and dangled
from a twined gold strand. Bob Grace, founder of Grace Gulch during the
1891 Oklahoma land run, had given it to his wife Mary.
The garland wasn’t the first item of historical interest that I had
displayed, and of course I also sold antique jewelry. I loved to sell a bit of
history with my merchandise; the stories behind the items often clinched a
sale. When Mayor Ron Grace, Bob and Mary’s grandson, asked if I would
display the garland for the duration of the town-sponsored event, I jumped
at the chance.
Maybe the treasure hunt won’t be so bad,” Jenna conceded. “It has
certainly captured everyone’s imagination. Who would have thought a
lifetime family membership to the Center for the Arts would create so much
interest?” She perched the paisley hat on her head. “I like this one. How
much?”
“With your discount, thirty-five dollars.”
Jenna scrunched up her face. “I probably shouldn’t. Not after I
bought those brown felt rabbit ears the other day.” She referred to a find
from the ’30s that did indeed resemble rabbit ears. “Museum directors don’t
make as much as art dealers. And we have even less power.”
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