Chapter 1
“It’s here!” Maddy squealed, jumping up and down.
In her hands, she was clutching a large brown package stamped with signs from New York’s LaGuardia Airport. “This is it, Nay-Nay! We’re really doing this!”
Nora gave a squeal of delight–the kind of squeal a girl only makes with her best friend. The kind of squeal you give when the dream you’ve been working at steadily for ten years is finally coming real. She grabbed her best friend and danced around with her, the two of them laughing and talking in short, frequently interrupted sentences.
Raquel Madden, dressed in a baggy red sweater with dark navy tights, her hair pulled up in a messy bun, still managed to look every bit the rockstar that she secretly thought she’d one day become. She finally dropped the package on the carpet and sat down in a yoga pose. Nora, dressed casually in a boat necked t-shirt and jeans, dropped down beside her.
“Ready?” Raquel asked. She rubbed her hands together. “Ready for the beginning of the rest of our lives?”
“You sound like you’re proposing to me, you know,” Nora laughed.
“Marriages aren’t always forever,” Raquel laughed, “This will be.”
“Let’s give it a few years first,” Nora said, but there was a huge smile plastered on her face. At this moment, she felt invincible. How could she not? It was finally all coming together–the bank loans, the delays, the messy construction work, the necessary permits–she and Raquel had climbed over every hurdle together.
Death At A Diner Description:
Nora Newberry has been working to make her dreams come true and finally, after 10 years, it’s time! She’s moved back to her hometown of Milburn, Wyoming, and, together with her lifelong best friend, Raquel Madden, is opening the diner they’ve been planning since high school. Life couldn’t be better…and it’s time to celebrate!
Sadly, the celebration doesn’t last long. Just three days before the diner is set to open its doors, Raquel is found murdered. And with no clear motive and little cooperation from the townspeople, Nora is thrown into a murder investigation that just may cause her to lose her own life.
Death At A Diner is the first book in Nancy McGovern’s new culinary cozy mystery series, “A Murder In Milburn”. Book 2, Death Of A Deputy, is also available for JUST 99 CENTS for a limited time on Amazon!
