Bones in the Backyard

  I step onto the porch, heart pounding, pounding so hard I struggle to breathe, not from the effort of lugging three heavy bags up fourteen stairs but from Fear of Mother. I put down my carry-on and notice how the gray paint is thin and fading, worn through to bare wood between the top step and the door. This adds to the overall air of neglect and frightens me more than the phone call. Mother has always been so meticulous, always ordering work done long before it was needed.

  One must keep up appearances, Laura. What will the neighbors think?

  Why do you care what the neighbors think when you think they’re all morons?

  The door creaks open. My skin goes cold. In one motion I grab my bag.

  “Carrying a lazy man’s load, are we?” Mother rasps. “Really Laura, you should know better at your age.” …

The Out to Lunch Investigators use local restaurants as their mobile office where they combine their unique lifetimes of experiences and skills to solve cold crimes and right injustices.

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Two of my crime novellas for adult readers have been published, Woman in the Glass, and Disappearing Act

Woman in the Glass was an e-book only and unfortunately is no longer available.

Disappearing Act, is an Orca Book Rapid Read and is still available at https://www.orcabook.com/Search?Keywords=+Gaetz