Friday Flash: Excerpt from Seffi Wardwell #3, Edited Out

As a little teaser for the new book coming soon, we have an excerpt from Seffi Wardwell's 3rd Maine adventure, Edited Out. 

 

From Chapter 4: 

Back in her own house, Seffi shrugged off the tensions from the inn. The sun was up, the weather beautiful, and she was going to try out the snowshoes Nikka gave her for Christmas. She needed exercise, which meant a walk—there was no gym at Smelt Point for indoor workouts. Anyway, Seffi wanted the outdoors. She needed the woods, where she hadn’t been able to hike since the ice moved in.

She was going to visit the reserve, come hell, high water, or deep snow.

After a rest and a snack, she layered up and headed across the meadow toward the Painter Head Reserve.

Invigorated by the tramp through the snow—once she’d got the hang of the snowshoes, it had gone well—Seffi hummed happily. She stopped at the research station, using her key to let herself in and check on things. There was no plumbing in the station to freeze, and the more sensitive equipment—mostly laptops—traveled back to Portland with the researchers, so her inspection was brief. She closed the place up again, debating a venture a little deeper into the woods.

Her phone buzzed bas she turned toward the forest path. She fumbled it from her pocket, glanced at the screen and sighed. What did Chloe need now? To grouse some more? Or had Kristi called in sick? She was supposed to help with dinner.

“What now?” Not the most gracious phone greeting, but it would have to do.

“Oh, Seffi, you have to come! She’s dead!”

  

 

 Get your own copy of the book and find out who's dead--and whodunnit!--in Edited Out.

 

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