It's been three years since my parents have passed away. They died in a car-crash- I was the only survivor. The more I think about them, the more I fall into the inevitable ditch of sorrow and agony. Sometimes I wish that I had never lived- I wish I never survived the incident.
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"The mailman's here!", I shrill joyfully to my roommate, Sam. I rush down the stairs only to be disappointed by a yellow package- Eugh, must be something Sam ordered.... she orders heaps of stuff on the internet. Disappointed, I threw the envelope onto the table in the living room.
"What's this?", Sam asks.
"I dunno, I think you should know, cause you ordered like 10 things from ShopperOnline this week"
"What? Its not even mine... It says Amy Janice.. It's yours dumbo"
As I tear the paper from the side of the envelope, I think to myself who could it be? Aunt Jane? Probably...They've been travelling lately and spending heaps on postcards. No offence, but I don't really care how their trip is. They act all nice and stuff, but 3 years back, when I needed support- they couldn't care less about me. I also hated them because I always suspected that they had on my parents- the looks couldn't give away more.
As I open the carefully written letter, I cringe at the sight of the red pen- I hate the colour red. Because it reminds me of the blood that my parents were covered with when they died.
"Dear AJ,
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Don't worry,
I hate red too.
Roses are red,
The floor's red,
I know why your parents are dead.
Lots of Love, your Secret Admirer"
My eyes widen immediately and I gasp- because I had no idea who this person was and what did they know about my parents- and worst of all- What did they know about me..
Frankenstein's Guide (Book 1, the LiteraTours Cozy Mystery Series)
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Jessica "Ike" Wordsworth can dive into books, but she isn't prepared for a monster - and a ruthless murderer killing her tourists.
Ike is fighting the aftermath of a nasty divorce that left her husband in custody of her homesitting business - and her beloved cats.
With nothing but a turquoise construction trailer to call her home, Ike invests her last quid and becomes partner in a tour company specialising in bespoke trips for book-lovers. When the guide hired to take on the first tour drops out at the last minute, Ike has to take over and steer her guests towards the cradle of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".
All to soon she realises there truly are monsters on the loose, one of them a ruthless killer who's targetting her tourists.
To unearth the truth, Ike will have to cooperate with her moronic partner, Gary Sands, 13th Baron of Nettlehole and founder of LiteraTours. When they don't succeed in stopping the killer, she realises she'll have to take the plunge and draw on some rather unusual skills her family has been hiding from the world . . .
"Frankenstein's Guide" is the first instalment in the "LiteraTours Cozy Mystery series".
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