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Blurb:
After her favorite aunt is found dead and an alarming box is
mysteriously left on the doorstep of her aunt’s house now legally hers, Lavinia
Esposito wants explanations. But, having cleared the package of explosives, the
local cops are dumbounded by the precious stones which came without an
explanation, just an address─her Aunt Livvy’s. Frustrated by the cops’ refusal
to share their theories, criminal justice instructor Lavinia Esposito, a.k.a.
Vinnie, takes investigation matters into her own hands. Vinnie is soon dragged
into situations beyond her control, finding herself in hot water with the law,
the crooks, and her Italian father. Willing to put her life at risk to find out
what really happened to her beloved Aunt Livvy, and why jewels would be
addressed to her aunt, Vinnie plunges ahead with her usual tenacity, bravery,
and keen wits to solve and survive this mystery.
Excerpt:
The front door knocker rapped twice
after the door bell rang. I hustled from the rear deck of the gargantuan house
to answer the summons. Someone seemed impatient, and I was curious as to who it
was. My watch read just after eight o’ clock. I swung the heavy door open to
find my prospective visitor absent.
It was so quiet, the town ghostly in
its seemingly deserted state. Sundays were always lazy days in Scituate, once
church was over. With a glance up and down the street of the small historic
Rhode Island village, neat colonial homes stretched along the sides of the road
in both directions. No one came into view. On the doorstep, a package addressed
to my recently deceased Aunt Livvy sat wrapped in brown paper. Again, I gawked
up and down the street, but only empty sidewalks and barren roadway appeared in
the waning light. The idea of a jaunt along the main drag entered my mind. I
figured it would be senseless since the street was visible for about two
hundred yards in either direction. Whoever had left the package was gone, long
gone.
An eternity passed, or so it seemed,
while my gaze locked onto the square, little box. Reluctant to touch it, I
decided to call the local fire company to come take a gander. Call me paranoid,
but as a criminal justice instructor, a recent audit of a class on bomb
components remained fresh in my mind.
I quickly stepped to the living room
and grabbed the phone. I dialed the private number of the fire station up the
street. A grunt came across the phone line that could only be Bill MacNert.
“Hey Nerd, its Vinnie,” I said. “A
package was just left on my doorstep, could you come down and check it out for
me?”
“Sure, you got a secret admirer or
somethin’?” He cackled, as only senior men can.
“Not likely, but you never know.
This package is addressed to Lavinia Ciano, not Lavinia Esposito and is wrapped
in brown paper. Nobody’s here to accompany this little surprise either.”
“I’ll be right down, Vinnie, don’t
touch it.” He warned.
“Okay.”
Anxious, I paced back and forth
across gleaming hard wood floors in the spacious living room of my newly
acquired colonial. My fingernails tapped the enamel on my teeth as I wandered
to and fro. As irrational as it seemed, I finally leaned against the door jamb
inside the entry to wait for MacNert to arrive.
Author bio and links:
J.
M. Griffin is a student of the human condition, wielding the written craft to
stimulate the imagination much like she wields her paint brush. The pages are a
blank canvas on which J.M. draws vivid characters. J.M. is the author of the
popular Vinnie Esposito mystery series featuring the sexy sleuth Vinnie
Esposito and the engaging Deadly Bakery mystery series featuring the sassy
baker/sleuth Melina Cameron. J.M. lives in rural Rhode Island, a state she
considers colorful and interesting.
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