By Livia J. Washburn
Nobody is shocked while feisty Delilah Dickinson opens her literary go back and forth organization in Atlanta after her divorce. yet in the course of her first group's journey of an previous plantation modelled after Tara from long gone with the Wind, she reveals herself in the course of a homicide secret whilst the actor enjoying Clark Gable taking part in Rhetr Butler is located lifeless. presently, the police have where lower than lockdown.Delilah unearths herself taking on the research whilst their number 1 suspect is her son-in-law Luke-the not-so-bright husband of her daughter, Melissa. yet existence begins imitating paintings whilst the actors start taking their roles a bit too seriously-believing they really are Ashley Wilkes, Scarlett O'Hara, and Melanie.With all of the drama of Margaret Mitchell's epic tale unexpectedly coming to alarming lifestyles, Delilah's in basic terms likelihood to go off a not-so-Civil struggle is to trace down and confront the deranged assassin. yet she needs to circulate fast and intensely quietly - or chance changing into the following sufferer of a killer who frankly does not provide a rattling.
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With Luke’s help, I got everybody sorted out and on their way. I would have made sure to put Mueller and Riley into different groups if I needed to, but luckily I didn’t have to do that. Mueller and his wife went into the house with Scarlett while Riley attached himself to the group following Rhett toward the stables. Augusta and Amelia went with that bunch, too. ” 26 FRANKLY MY DEAR, I’M DEAD “Don’t worry, Miz D. ” Wilson Cobb said, “It’s air-conditioned inside the house, so I’m going in there to cool off for a while before I head back to town.
The hour was getting kind of late. The fancy dress ball would have been over by now, and the guests would have all retired to their rooms for the night. The people who actually lived here, like Edmond Ralston and possibly his daughter, would have gone to their own quarters, and the actors would be on their way home. Instead, the burly deputies made sure that no one left the ballroom, even the people who had already given statements. Timothy Farraday obviously thought there was a good chance the killer was still here—a reasonable assumption, I suppose— and he wanted to make sure that he didn’t let a murderer slip through his fingers.
He didn’t sound particularly apologetic. The irritated, impatient muttering that greeted his answer didn’t appear to bother him, either. ” Farraday headed for Maura Kelley, the murdered man’s wife, FRANKLY MY DEAR, I’M DEAD and led her out of the ballroom. Her face was pale and her eyes were red, but she appeared to have stopped crying. In fact, she had that overly calm look that said the shock was really beginning to settle in on her. While Farraday was doing that, two of the other deputies picked someone else to question, and the others kept an eye on the rest of us.