Deathbed & Breakfast (Pookotz Sisters Bed & Breakfast Mysteries)
Cozy Mystery
File Size: 372 KB
Print Length: 217 pages
Publisher: Cozy Cat Press (June 30, 2013)
Synopsis:
Richard Forester, a retired CEO for a major software company, and his granddaughter Penny show up at the Pookotz Bed & Breakfast one evening and find themselves in some rather unpleasant company. All the guests somehow seem to be connected to Richard’s past and when he is found dead the next morning, everyone is suspect. However, there are a few wrinkles that the inn’s owners Edna and Mildred Pookotz need to iron out as the investigation unfolds. Not only was Richard deathly ill, but he was also accused of embezzling $750,000 which is still unaccounted for. The local Sheriff suspects that this victim’s death is not a natural one, so he–and the sisters–set forth to discover who the murderer is.
About This Author
Bart J. Gilbertson is the author of the Pookotz Sisters Mystery Series. Although he was born in Wisconsin, he spent most of his youth and later years in the rocky mountain state of Idaho. He has been all over the northwest and it is his love for the lush green state of Oregon that inspired the setting for Pleasant Lake and its inhabitants. He attended ITT Technical Institute in Boise, ID and received an Associate in Applied Science Degree for Computer Networking Systems and graduated with honors. Bart has worn many hats over his lifetime career, but the one he is most proud of is that of being a writer. He currently resides in O’Neill, NE. He has two children.
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Here is an excerpt from “Deathbed & Breakfast”
After leaving Richard Forester and his granddaughter Penny in their room, Alexis hurriedly made her way downstairs and out the back door. She walked along the pathway to her quarters with purpose. In fact, she was so intent on getting to her room that she almost didn’t see the two figures standing to her left down by the water. She paused for a minute and looked over in their direction. It was the insurance salesman and the photographer. It wouldn’t have struck her as curious, except for the fact that they were very animated in their conversation, and it was obvious that they knew each other. How curious indeed. She silently moved on before they would see her. As she approached the servant’s quarters, she could see the light in Felix’s room was turned on. He was undoubtedly sitting in his recliner listening to rebroadcasts of his favorite shows from yesteryear on the local radio station. As she passed by his door, she could hear an old episode of “The Shadow” blaring on the other side.
Alexis opened the door to her room and hastily latched it shut behind her. She turned on the corner lamp and strode quickly over to her closet. Opening the door, she snagged a pull chain turning on the light overhead. She stood on her toes as she reached up and started to sift through the papers and boxes piled up on the shelf above her. Her hand came to rest on a cardboard shoe box and she hesitated for a brief moment. Slowly, she pulled the shoe box down off the shelf and brought it over to her bed. She sat down and removed the lid and taking a deep breath she extracted a folded newspaper and spread it open over her knees.
“MicaTek CEO Suspected of Embezzling Thousands” read the headline. Alexis peered at the picture on the front page. It showed Richard Forester in a very nice suit, coming down some stone steps in front of a courthouse, reporters all around him. Standing to his right were some MicaTek protesters holding up signs. Alexis squinted and leaned in closer, looking at the faces under the picket signs. She stopped with sudden recognition and her eyes grew wide. It was him. She knew she was not wrong. Standing closest to Richard in the photograph holding a sign that read “An Eye for an Eye” was a man she knew. He was there at the dinner table tonight. Alexis smiled and smacked her chewing gum.
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