Mama Does Time: a Mace Bauer Mystery

Authors: Deborah Sharp

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“Betty combed and rolled; rolled and combed. Who do you think it was, yall? DVora peeked from the back room, where shed fled to escape Pastor Bob. Who was doin the dirty thang with Emma Jean? Thats what we need to find out, honey, Mama said. Maybe whoever it was loved the dirty thang so much he killed poor Jim Albert so he could keep doing it with Emma Jean. With a mountain of meat loaf and mashed potatoes in front of him, my cousin Henry was holding court from a corner table at Glady...s Restaurant. Making a point, he waved his fork in the air like he was a judge and the fork was his gavel. I stopped for a minute just inside the front door, feeling the sweat on my neck drying in a blast of cold air. The air conditioner felt so good, I lifted the hair from my collar and let the chill wind blow away the heat that had accumulated from outside. Charlene, the waitress, ran an obstacle course between chairs and tables. Plates were stacked in a line along her left arm like planes waiting to take off in Atlanta.MoreLess Read More Read Less