Death Waxed Over - Tim Myers [0]
By Tim Myers
Book 3 in the Candlemaking Mysteries
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“A smashing, successful debut.”
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“I greatly enjoyed this terrific mystery. The main character…will make you laugh. Don’t miss this thrilling read.”
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Praise for the Lighthouse Mystery series by Tim Myers
“Entertaining ... authentic ... fun ... a wonderful regional mystery that will have readers rebooking for future stays at the Hatteras West Inn and Lighthouse.”
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Death Waxed Over
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A Mold For Murder
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Invitation To Murder
Deadly Greetings
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Death Waxed Over
by Tim Myers.
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Dedication
To Patty and Emily,
The true candles lighting my way.
“Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.”
—Francois La Rochefoucauld
Chapter 1
I didn’t hear the shot that killed Gretel Barnett, even though her life was extinguished just fifteen feet from where I stood. There were too many other explosions filling the air, happy merriments celebrating New Conover Founder’s Day. It would have been tragic enough if she’d been a random face in the crowd, but there was something that made it infinitely worse. Gretel was my chief competitor, selling candles and supplies two miles from my own candleshop in Micah’s Ridge, North Carolina. From the way things appeared, I was going to be running short of wick myself if I didn’t come up with who had snuffed out her flame.
Two weeks earlier, I’d finally worked up the nerve to tell my lone employee, Eve Pleasants, that At Wick’s End was going to have a vendor’s table at the New Conover celebration. I delayed sharing the news as long as