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    Escape from Solitude
    Escape from Solitude
    Escape from Solitude
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    Escape from Solitude

    By Saundra McKee

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    It's almost Halloween and the three Solitude sleuths are hiding out at Conneaut Lake, a Pennsylvania resort witht the charm of days gone by. As they attempt to fit in and also thwart the plans of two dangerous fugitives vowing to kill them, the strangled body of a new friend and fellow worker shows up on the beach. Screams in the night, ghosts, witches and the insane provide new challenges. This is the 23rd in the Amish Country Murder Mystery Series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSaundra McKee
    Release dateJun 28, 2013
    ISBN9781301888696
    Escape from Solitude
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    Saundra McKee

    I am a retired educator. I taught in the public schools for 15 years and at the university level for 22 years. I love to travel the world. I enjoy politics, dogs, mysteries and water sports. I am a lay speaker in the United Methodist Church.

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      Escape from Solitude - Saundra McKee

      Escape from Solitude: 23rd in the Amish Country Murder Mystery Series by Saundra McKee

      Smashwords Edition. Copyright 2013. Saundra McKee

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with other people, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you are the reader of this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return it to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      All characters and events in this story are fictional. Any resemblance to anyone living or dead is purely coincidental. While some of the places mentioned actually exist, they are used in an entirely fictional manner.

      Prologue

      Mid October

      The caring citizens of the peaceful village of Solitude, nestled in western Pennsylvania’s Amish country, gathered daily at the old building that served as post office/deli and general store. Everyone just called the place ‘Thelma’s’ in honor of the postmistress and proprietor. The numbers of those who gathered had grown since Thelma’s granddaughter Lucy, a senior at Penn State University, had been reported missing by her roommate. Thelma was a pencil thin, no nonsense lifelong resident of Solitude whose greatest joy in life was helping her grandchildren grow and become successful in the world. She looked much older than her sixty years as each passing day brought no news about Lucy’s disappearance.

      Solitude’s renowned sleuths, Fannie, Dana and Sharon, did their best to comfort Thelma and assure her that there had to be a reasonable explanation to the mystery. The three had gotten to know Lucy well over the past summer when one of her former boyfriends, Eric Bennett, had been found responsible for the death of a visiting college student from Zimbabwe. Eric resented the fact that Lucy had gotten close to Richard. Eric also tried to swindle some uncut diamonds from Richard that he’d smuggled out of his home country. Eric ended up getting killed in a motorcycle accident and was never brought to trial. To Lucy’s surprise, she learned that she was the beneficiary of a million dollar life insurance policy purchased by Eric when they were dating. Lucy, a kind hearted person, donated the proceeds to relief efforts in Zimbabwe.

      The phone call came shortly after ten a.m. on a cool crisp Wednesday morning. Dana and Fannie caught Thelma as they saw her frail body collapse. Dana grabbed

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