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    Trepalli's Christmas: Mendenhall Mysteries
    Trepalli's Christmas: Mendenhall Mysteries
    Trepalli's Christmas: Mendenhall Mysteries
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    Trepalli's Christmas: Mendenhall Mysteries

    By Marcelle Dube

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    It's Christmas eve day and Constable Marco Trepalli of the Mendenhall Police Department can't wait to be off shift. He's planning a big surprise for his girlfriend, Amanda. Something special. Something romantic.

    Then a kid doesn't return home after sledding and Trepalli forgets all about his plans in the mad scramble to mobilize search parties and interview the kid's friends. And as hour after hour slips by with no sign of the boy, Trepalli braces himself for what could turn into the worst Christmas ever… for him and the kid's family.

    About Marcelle Dubé:

    Marcelle Dubé grew up near Montreal. After trying out a number of different provinces—not to mention Belgium—she settled in the Yukon, where people still outnumber carnivores, but not by much. Her short fiction has appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFalcon Ridge Publishing
    Release dateOct 23, 2018
    ISBN9781987937190
    Trepalli's Christmas: Mendenhall Mysteries
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    Marcelle Dube

    Marcelle Dubé writes mystery, science fiction, fantasy, contemporary and—occasionally—romance fiction. She grew up near Montreal and after trying out a number of different provinces (not to mention Belgium) she settled in the Yukon, where people outnumber carnivores, but not by much. Her short stories have appeared in magazines and award-winning anthologies. Her novels include the Mendenhall Mystery series (a number of her short stories are also set in the world of Mendenhall Chief of Police Kate Williams) and The A'lle Chronicles, as well as standalone fantasy and mystery titles. Her work is available in print and in electronic format. To find out more about Marcelle, visit her at www.marcellemdube.com.  

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      Trepalli's Christmas - Marcelle Dube

      TREPALLI’S CHRISTMAS

      Marcelle Dubé

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      The kids seemed to be having a blast. From where he sat in his patrol car, drinking coffee from a thermos cup and munching on a ham and cheese sandwich, Marco Trepalli counted at least twenty of them all sliding down Paddy’s Hill or trudging back up. He could hear their shrieking even over the noisy car heater.

      He glanced up at the leaden sky as the fat flakes swirled slowly around the car, so dry they didn’t even stick to his windshield.

      In the summer, kids congregated at Paddy’s Pond, just past the screen of trees at the bottom of the hill, but come winter, the hill was the star.

      Usually there were a few adults along, keeping an eye on the kids, especially the younger ones. On this Christmas Eve day, however, kids were off school while a lot of parents were still at work, which meant the older kids were looking after the younger ones.

      It was cold out there—minus fifteen Celsius, according to his dashboard display. And windy. He shivered reflexively and set the thermos cup back in its holder and wrapped up the remainder of his sandwich.

      Time to get back on patrol.

      He had parked on a farmer’s access road. A man by the name of Kowalski—not Paddy—owned the farm but he let kids use the sloping land just off the access road. That was a kindness, as there weren’t many sledding hills in Mendenhall, Manitoba.

      Marco’s phone sat in its holder on the dashboard and he fiddled with the buttons on his steering wheel until the phone connected with the detachment.

      Mendenhall Police, came Chief Kate Williams’ voice over the speakers.

      Hi, chief, he said, carefully executing a three-point turn on the narrow road. It’s Trepalli. I’m back on patrol.

      All right, Marco, she said cheerfully. I’ll let Olinchuk know.

      Marco disconnected and continued on his way, wondering idly how long the kids would stay out. The parents probably hoped the exercise would tire them out so they would get to sleep at a decent hour on the night before Christmas.

      It cheered him up to see all those kids having fun. Made him forget that he’d been an idiot to expect the jeweler to be ready with the ring in time for him to propose to Amanda on Christmas day.

      The jeweler, Mr. Maloof, had warned him that there probably wasn’t enough time, though he promised to try.

      All you young men, the old

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