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After an injury disrupts her journalism career, Kate Tessler has to start over at 50, figuring out how to get work, make friends, and live in the heart of her loving but interfering family. Now she and her quirky gang of sidekicks have new problems to solve.
Kate's father
and his coffee group are worried. Their friend Larry married a younger woman
who now claims he has dementia and won't let anyone see him. They think his
wife and her lazy adult children are keeping him isolated so they can steal his
money. They're determined to save Larry, and they need Kate’s help to prove
what’s happening.
Before they
can dig out the truth, a murder raises the stakes, and Kate's father is among
the suspects. To save him and Larry, she must reveal the real murderer – but
her investigation could put all their lives at risk.
Buy book 1, Something Shady at Sunshine Haven, here.
The Accidental Detective is a humorous amateur detective mystery series. War correspondent Kate Tessler has followed the most dangerous news stories around the world. But can she survive going home?
“Looks like we’re the last ones to
arrive.” Dad raised his hand to acknowledge his friend’s wave.
I followed Dad to the diner table
where his friends sat. They greeted me warmly. This was only the second time
I’d joined Dad’s twice-weekly coffee group in the month I’d been home. They
were nice guys, but since I was living with my father again, I wanted to ensure
he had a social life apart from me. This time, however, they had specifically
requested my presence.
Which meant they wanted something.
I couldn’t wait to find out what.
I’d gotten through my first week
back home, after decades of traveling the world as a war correspondent, by
solving a mystery at my mother’s Alzheimer’s care unit and putting away a
killer. The next month had been filled with writing articles about those
events. I was ready for a new mental challenge.
I already had enough of a physical
one with PT and getting used to walking with a cane.
“Thanks for coming, Kate. We need
your expert advice.” Joe Washington and his wife had helped with the nursing
home investigation. Joe wore his white hair trimmed close to his head, forming
a handsome contrast to his dark skin.
“Glad to help,” I said. “What’s
up?”
The four men looked at each other.
Dad nodded to one of them. “You start, Clarence. You were the first to notice
something wrong.”
“We’re worried about our friend,
Larry,” Clarence said. “His wife died last year, and he remarried in the spring.
We have concerns about his new wife. She is very young, maybe your age.”
While I chuckled at the thought of
being “very young” at 49, I had no desire to get involved in someone’s
marriage, especially if his friends’ disapproval was only due to the age
difference or loyalty to the old wife.
“At first, Larry seemed happy
after he married Pamela,” Clarence said. “They went on a month-long honeymoon
that must have cost a fortune. After they returned, I reminded Larry to revise
his will if he wanted to make sure his children got some of his money. He
agreed he would. That was the last time he seemed happy.”
The other men nodded.
“He hasn’t joined our coffee group
in over two months,” Dad said. “Pamela says he’s getting dementia. She won’t
let him leave the house.”
I could understand being
protective of an ill spouse. As a younger wife, she might be embarrassed by her
elderly husband’s infirmity. But when someone was old and sick, keeping him
away from his friends wasn’t helpful. Was she overprotective and perhaps making
bad decisions, or was something more serious happening?
“I’m glad to help if I can,” I
said, “but I’m not sure how. You need to know if Larry is really suffering from
memory problems, and if so, if he’s getting the right treatments.”
Joe leaned forward. “When you were
investigating Sunshine Haven, you pretended to be writing a story so you could
talk to the family members.”
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