Climate Change: a Nina Bannister Mystery (The Nina Bannister Mysteries book 7)
“The air had a sharpness to it that one might never have expected in late August, and the first light maintained that tinge of yellow that Nina always associated with trouble.
She and Margot rose, as luck would have it, about the same time. They met in the kitchen, made coffee together, and fried bacon. Margot did not know how to make grits, a shortcoming for which Nina had never forgiven her. But she could do eggs over easy, make toast, and set out a small carton of butter, proving that people... from Chicago, if they did not understand civilization in its finest sense, at least were not complete savages.
At seven thirty, the first cars began arriving.
“What is this?” exclaimed Nina, hearing the crunch of gravel outside.
“I have no idea. They’re not supposed to be here until ten o’clock.”
Nina rose from the table, walked fast to the counter, stood on tip toe, and looked through the window.
“It’s not,” she said over her shoulder, “your guests.”
“Then who is it?”MoreLess
She and Margot rose, as luck would have it, about the same time. They met in the kitchen, made coffee together, and fried bacon. Margot did not know how to make grits, a shortcoming for which Nina had never forgiven her. But she could do eggs over easy, make toast, and set out a small carton of butter, proving that people... from Chicago, if they did not understand civilization in its finest sense, at least were not complete savages.
At seven thirty, the first cars began arriving.
“What is this?” exclaimed Nina, hearing the crunch of gravel outside.
“I have no idea. They’re not supposed to be here until ten o’clock.”
Nina rose from the table, walked fast to the counter, stood on tip toe, and looked through the window.
“It’s not,” she said over her shoulder, “your guests.”
“Then who is it?”MoreLess
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