The Stein & Candle Detective Agency, Vol. 2: Cold Wars (The Stein & Candle Detective Agency #2)

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2: Cold Wars Crimson CatchWeatherby and I walked into the lobby of the Gillman House Hotel in uptown Innsmouth, and I could smell war in the air, heavier than even the scent of fish. Innsmouth was a rundown New England town, a fetid backwater with an unused harbor gone rotten and most of the houses abandoned. I wouldn’t have dragged myself to Innsmouth, Massachusetts unless it was for my job. But even though I was working a case, the open road out of town looked real inviting.The Gillman House ...was the only hotel in town, a dusty flophouse that had been decaying since the Victorian Era, and still hadn’t managed to collapse completely. Weatherby and I entered the hotel after parking outside, and walked across the lobby to the receptionist. Quite a few Innsmouth locals were loafing around the lobby, chunky fellows in worn suits, oilskins, trench coats and battered bowler hats and flat caps. Several of them were packing, and the others looked hungry enough to be a danger because of their teeth.There was something off about everyone in Innsmouth, from the slouching men in the lobby to the receptionist in his dusty red vest.MoreLess

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