Excerpt:
When
Lucky reached Jack’s front porch, she was dismayed to see the windows
dark. She heard thumps and banging
and Jack’s voice crying out. He was inside, somewhere in the dark.
Jack knew
it was happening again. He couldn’t block out the screams. The boat was rising
and falling in the sea. The water was purple with blood. A hand reached up from the dark waters.
Jack grasped it and held on with all his strength. Then a quick glimpse of a
shark’s fin, and the man was gone. He was holding a disembodied arm. All around
him were the cries of men being torn to pieces. Jack sobbed. He couldn’t help
them, no matter how quick he was, no matter how strong. He wasn’t fast enough
to save them.
Lucky
pushed the door open and called Jack’s name. His moans were louder now. He had barricaded himself in the bathroom in an effort to
control the memories. The sound of shattering glass came from within. She hurried to the kitchen and grabbed
a small knife from the wooden block next to the stove. Just as she slid the edge of the blade
into the doorframe, a heavy thud hit the door and Lucky fell back in shock, the
knife falling from her hands. Her heart was racing. She pushed the knife into
the doorjamb again and finally the lock released.
Jack was
slumped on the floor in a small pool of blood. Broken glass was everywhere. He was lost in his nightmare.
“It’s
okay now, Jack. You’re home. You’re safe.”
He looked
into her eyes, confused. “Lucky?”
“You had
a spell, but you’re okay now.”
Tears
spilled down Jack’s face. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.”
“Nothing
to be sorry about. Everything’s going to be all right now.” She prayed her
words would make it true.
BLURB:
By the Spoonful is Snowflake, Vermont’s most popular soup shop, but
owner Lucky Jamieson doesn’t have any time to enjoy her success—she’s too busy
trying to keep a lid on false accusations against her loved ones…
It’s
almost May, and some of the local ladies have organized a pagan celebration in
the woods to welcome spring. But the evening goes terribly wrong when one of
the attendees winds up dead, apparently poisoned by an herbal concoction
prepared by Lucky’s grandfather, Jack.
Lucky’s
sure her grandfather could not have made such a tragic mistake. But before she
can clear him of suspicion, her best friend, Sophie, is diverted from planning
her wedding to By the Spoonful chef Sage DuBois when she finds a dead man
floating in the creek on her property. Now it’s up to Lucky to get both Sophie
and Jack out of hot water before a killer stirs up more trouble…
Recipes
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AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
Connie
Archer is the national bestselling author of the Soup Lover’s Mystery series
from Penguin Random House (Berkley Prime Crime). A Spoonful of Murder, A Broth of Betrayal, A Roux of Revenge
and Ladle to the Grave are set in the imaginary village of Snowflake,
Vermont. A Clue in the Stew will
be released in April 2016. Connie
was born and raised in New England and now lives on the other coast.
You
can visit her at
http://Facebook.com/ConnieArcherMysteries
and Twitter @ SnowflakeVT.
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