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It’s Just a Game...or is it?

Nate Sutter here from Braking for Bodies, second book in the Cycle Path mysteries. Well, it’s finally spring on Mackinac Island. The tourists are getting off the ferries and coming in from the mainland. Thank heavens.

It’s been a long cold winter here and the island relies on the tourists to stay afloat. We’re not exactly Silcon Valley more like Star’s Hollow and Mayberry all rolled into one with no cars.

There’s on little problem that we have...we got a dead body right here in front of the Grand Hotel. In a normal city this would be an inconvenience but here on Mackinac it’s a huge problem. If word gets out there’s a killer on the lose people will stamped the ferry docks and bye-bye business. In no time the island will be deserted!
Braking for Bodies
My conversation with Evie Bloomfield who owns a bike shop in town when something like...

I ran my hand around the back of my neck and let out a deep sigh. “I’m a cop, I can’t go along with this. The carriage driver’s going to know we got a real body and this isn’t some stupid game and this whole thing is going to blow up in our faces.”
“He’ll keep his mouth shut,” Evie said, “or this time next week the only thing he’ll drive is himself to the unemployment office back on the mainland ‘cause there will be no one staying at this hotel or any place else on this island.”
Evie grabbed my by the front of my T-shirt. “Listentome. If you don’t go along with this we’ll have an island full of hysterical fudgies because there’s no way off this chunk of rock till morning. It’s murder and mayhem week at the Grand Hotel so put on your dear-hunter hat and get used to it.”


Well, at least I tried to do the right thing but it seems that Evie and the rest of the businesses on the island are going to get their way...yep, we’re passing the whole thing off as a mystery weekend. How in the world am I ever going to find real killer with everyone on the island thinking this is a one big party. Wish me luck.
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Published on May 17, 2016 15:35 Tags: bicycle, cozy-mystery, duffy-brown, funny, humor, mackinac-island, mysteries, vacation

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Murder, Mayhem and 4 of a Kind is the first book in my new cozy series, High Cotton Mysteries.
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