Killer Characters: Geared for the Grave

Hi, Evie Bloomfield here.

I’m a graphic designer at a firm in Chicago. I come from a family of lawyers, really successful lawyers. My siblings, Trevor and Lindsey, are the perfect offspring. They made perfect grades and now work at the perfect law firms. Fact is Lindsey just made partner!

My boss doesn’t know I’m alive, I haven’t had a promotion in two years, am still on the bottom rung of the office pecking order and my apartment is the size of a pool table but most pool tables are nicer.

I need a raise! I need something to brag about at Thanksgiving dinner, the next big family get-together. The way things are going I’m going to be eating turkey at the little kids table or maybe on the back porch with the dog.

So, I have a plan. My boss’father owns a bicycle shop on Mackinac Island and he’s broken his leg. He’s really laid up and can’t do much. If I offer to go help him out, maybe spruce the place up

because he can’t, I just might get Abigail’s attention. At least maybe she’ll remember my name. Seems to me that’s the first step in getting a raise.

I could just quit the job and move on but I have years invested here. So, tomorrow I’m going to volunteer to leave Chicago, go to an eight mile chunk of land in the middle of a lake and try and wheedle a promotion out of my boss.

I’ve never been to Mackinac Island. Can you tell me anything about it? What’s it like?

Thanks for your help.

Hugs, Evie

Duffy Brown

Cycle Path mysteries

-Geared for the Grave Dec, 2014

126 comments:

AnonymousJuly 16, 2014 at 12:16 AM

I hardly wait for this new series to come out!
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1. Duffy BrownJuly 16, 2014 at 1:57 AM
  
  Thanks so much. Mackinac is a great place to hid bodies and get way with murder. :-)

Mark BakerJuly 16, 2014 at 2:14 AM

I've never been to Mackinac Island, but I'm looking forward to visiting via this new series. Really can't wait!

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1. Duffy BrownJuly 16, 2014 at 10:18 AM
  
  Hi Mark. Mackinac is soooo different than Chicago, Poor Evie is in for a real shock! Thanks for the support on the new series. I really appreciate it.

DelAnneJuly 16, 2014 at 2:55 AM

I can not tell you anything as have I never been myself. Perhaps we can both discover its wonders. them. Then get together and discuss the beauty of Mackinac Island?

DelAnne
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1. Duffy BrownJuly 16, 2014 at 10:19 AM
  
  When you read the book it’s a mini vacation to Mackinac…minus the dead bodies. It really is a neat place.

Duffy BrownJuly 16, 2014 at 10:20 AM

We need to meet up on Mackinac. We’d all have a blast. Hope you have fun discovering the island as you read the book. I even included a map.

Duffy BrownJuly 16, 2014 at 10:22 AM

Welllll the problem is when she gets to the island she gets involved in a murder, not the sort of thing that tickles her boss’s funny at all. Attention of the wrong kind.

Duffy BrownJuly 16, 2014 at 10:25 AM

Hi, Mary Louise. Yes, we can discover the island and the great people there together. I included a map so we can find our way around.