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Bethany halted and looked directly into his eyes. "What bothered you about the meat?" she asked, mouthing each word deliberately.
"It's what I saw," he said. He looked back over his shoulder at the church.
"Well, come on. What was there about the meat that's got you so upset?"
Porter stopped, took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Toenails."
When investment banker Porter Mayfield and adventurous trophy wife Bethany tour England in a rented Bentley, they expect to enjoy the scenery and culture on their way to the storied town of St. Ives. They do not expect to encounter gory evidence, in various otherwise lovely old churches, of revenge exacted upon Harry McNie.
Harry, they learn from various eccentric characters along the way, was a womanizing brute whose demise, as gory as it appears, does not shock local townsfolk. Not even the tolerant constabulary.
Porter and Bethany continue their journey to St. Ives, broken by romantic interludes, ghost stories, and the sudden and dramatic appearance of an explanation of McNie's murder... followed by a literally chilling end to Porter and Bethany.
Thanks to their sense of humour and the timely arrival of Noisy Nellie, they are spared. But then there's the matter of Porter's escapade in the lingerie store's dressing room... the gathering of murderous women in the seaside cottage... and the possibility of Bethany's fingerprints on the murder weapon.
Of course, all's well that ends... well, it may not be a good idea for Porter and Bethany to return to Cornwall in the future...
Genre: Mystery
"It's what I saw," he said. He looked back over his shoulder at the church.
"Well, come on. What was there about the meat that's got you so upset?"
Porter stopped, took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Toenails."
When investment banker Porter Mayfield and adventurous trophy wife Bethany tour England in a rented Bentley, they expect to enjoy the scenery and culture on their way to the storied town of St. Ives. They do not expect to encounter gory evidence, in various otherwise lovely old churches, of revenge exacted upon Harry McNie.
Harry, they learn from various eccentric characters along the way, was a womanizing brute whose demise, as gory as it appears, does not shock local townsfolk. Not even the tolerant constabulary.
Porter and Bethany continue their journey to St. Ives, broken by romantic interludes, ghost stories, and the sudden and dramatic appearance of an explanation of McNie's murder... followed by a literally chilling end to Porter and Bethany.
Thanks to their sense of humour and the timely arrival of Noisy Nellie, they are spared. But then there's the matter of Porter's escapade in the lingerie store's dressing room... the gathering of murderous women in the seaside cottage... and the possibility of Bethany's fingerprints on the murder weapon.
Of course, all's well that ends... well, it may not be a good idea for Porter and Bethany to return to Cornwall in the future...
Genre: Mystery
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