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    Honeymoon in Savannah: A Detective Santy Mystery
    Honeymoon in Savannah: A Detective Santy Mystery
    Honeymoon in Savannah: A Detective Santy Mystery
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    Honeymoon in Savannah: A Detective Santy Mystery

    By Louise Hathaway

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    In this cozy murder mystery, Detective Clarissa Santy hopes to spend a quiet honeymoon with her husband in one of America's most beautiful cities. She and her husband are both big fans of the book and movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, so they decide to make a pilgrimage to Savannah to see the sights mentioned in the book. Her time as a tourist is short-lived however when a famous chef is murdered. The chef just happens to be her cousin--so this is personal--and Clarissa can't rest until she finds out whodunit.

    This book has something for everybody: it's part murder/mystery, part travelogue, part romance novel, and even includes a search for a buried treasure.

    Here's what a reviewer wrote about this murder mystery: "The story flows well, and Ms. Hathaway has written some interesting characters. A good cozy mystery."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLouise Hathaway
    Release dateFeb 7, 2014
    ISBN9781311856036
    Honeymoon in Savannah: A Detective Santy Mystery
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    Louise Hathaway

    Louise Hathaway is a pen name of a husband and wife writing team. They write in several different genres including murder/ mystery; romance, travel, time travel, and literary criticism.

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      Honeymoon in Savannah - Louise Hathaway

      Books by Louise Hathaway:

      Romance Novels:

      Torn Between Two Lovers: A Civil War Romance

      Love Gets a Second Chance

      High School Reunion: You Can Go Home Again

      Love Revealed

      Honeymoon in New Orleans

      Five European Adventures

      Mysteries:

      Fighting Demons: A New Orleans Mystery

      Deadly Promises: A New Orleans Mystery

      50 Shades of Dead: A New Orleans Mystery

      The Tustin Chronicles: A Detective Santy Mystery

      The Murder at the Abbey: A Detective Santy Mystery

      Honeymoon in Savannah: A Detective Santy Mystery

      The Body on Ortega Highway: A Detective Santy Mystery

      The Buried Treasure on Route 66: A Nancy Keene Mystery

      The Stolen Mask: A Nancy Keene Mystery

      The Stolen Masterpiece: A Nancy Keene Mystery

      The Ghost in the Plantation: A Nancy Keene Mystery

      The Missing Bachelor Farmer: A Nancy Keene Mystery

      Watchin’ the Detective: A Mystery Dinner Romance

      The Salacious Scribes Mystery

      Death Among the Stacks: The Body in the Law Library

      Murder Aboard the Coast Starlight

      Time Travel Novels:

      Travelers in Time Aboard the California Zephyr

      Travelers in Time: A Search for the Missing

      The Summer of Love: A Trip Back to 1968

      Miscellaneous Titles:

      Our First Year Raising a Jack Russell Terrier Puppy (And Then Some)

      The Forgotten Sister: A Sequel to Pride and Prejudice

      England in the Footsteps of its Literary Giants

      Chasing My Roots: New World Finally Meets Old World

      Our Bluebird Family (free)

      Planning a Vacation? Why Not Chicago? (free)

      These titles are literary essays:

      Marriage in Pride and Prejudice

      The Oedipus Complex in D.H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers

      Nags, Sluts, and a Deep-breasted Soulmate from the Shining City:

      The Women in Thomas Wolfe’s The Web and the Rock

      Honeymoon in Savannah:

      A Detective Santy Mystery

      By Louise Hathaway

      Copyright Louise Hathaway 2014

      Smashwords Edition 2014

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      Chapter One

      Ever since Homicide Detective Clarissa Santy solved the murder of a priest killed at Saint Michael’s Abbey in Silverado Canyon, California, she’d been going through a spiritual crisis. She started attending Mass again after having stayed away since high school. The priests and brothers at the abbey helped her come to terms with what happened when her father, a convicted murderer who briefly lived with her, got sent back to prison. Since he went away, she longed for someplace and some people whom she could call her own.

      When she married her father’s probation officer, Ron Parker, she felt like she had a family again. They wed at the abbey on her 37th birthday and had their reception at Cook’s Corner, a motorcycle bar nearby.

      Wanting to start over with her life, she moved out of the Old Town Tustin house that she grew up in and moved into Ron’s house in Santa Ana. He had a beautiful Spanish-style home that was built in the 1930s. She’d always gone on home and garden tours in Santa Ana’s Floral Park neighborhood and was excited when she found out that he lived there. Each room in their one-story house looked out at a fountain in the courtyard. It was peaceful there--just what she needed.

      During the move, she ran across boxes of family treasures and genealogical records that her mother left her before she died. Since then, she had been searching Ancestry.com and had traced her family back to the 1700s. She found out that she may be related to a famous Scottish landowner in Virginia who supposedly had a buried treasure on his property that nobody had been able to find. She would love to go there and learn more about it.

      When her husband told her that his new job as an Investigator at the District Attorney’s Office required him to go to FBI headquarters in Virginia for some training, she jumped at the chance of going with him and extending their honeymoon while they were there.

      She’d been watching Genealogy Roadshow on PBS and had submitted her name and family genealogy records, hoping they might feature her story when the series came to the Los Angeles area. The questionnaire had asked, "What genealogical questions are you hoping the Roadshow can answer for you?" When she told them that she wanted to find out if there was a buried treasure or not, it was just the kind of question to catch the interest of the show’s producer. She couldn’t believe it when they picked her to be on their show. The TV producers did some background research for her and found people in Georgia who were her relatives. She’d been exchanging e-mails with her newly found cousins who were planning to host a family reunion in Savannah, Georgia so she could meet everyone.

      ***

      On the flight to Atlanta, Clarissa had been looking at all the genealogical material she had brought with her.

      Ron asked her, Do you realize how lucky you are to have this treasure trove of family information? I’ve been trying for ten years to find out where my family came from ‘across the pond’, as they say.

      You’re right: am I lucky. But I’m nervous about meeting my new cousins.

      They’re Southern. They’ll be super-friendly. Southern hospitality is famous. They’ll all be like Paula Deen.

      I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not.

      Well, I know they’ll be excited about meeting a TV star from California.

      Oh, yeah. I’m a real movie star, aren’t I?

      I’ll always be your number one fan.

      That’s sweet, she answered and reached over to kiss him on the cheek.

      After a lot of turbulence due to a thunderstorm, the plane finally made a fishtail landing in Atlanta and everyone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

      ***

      Once in their hotel room, Clarissa was stressed out about how to dress to meet her newly found cousins. She looked in the mirror and all she saw was a 37-year-old woman who looked every bit her age. She saw crow’s feet around her eyes, a stress wrinkle between her eyebrows, and blonde hair that looked over-processed. Her friends told her that she was beautiful, but she just didn’t see it.

      Ron? she asked her husband. Does this dress make me look fat?

      No. Not at all. You look beautiful.

      I just want to make a good impression.

      You’ve made a good impression on me.

      She walked over and kissed him. I don’t know why but I’m so nervous. These people are strangers. What have I gotten myself into? Why did I agree to do this?

      I was wondering that myself.

      Want to go back home and forget this whole darn thing?

      It’s tempting, but we’ve come all this way. Might as well see it through.

      He came over and put his hands on her shoulders, trying to help her relax. Clarissa, it’s normal to feel nervous in a situation like this. Don’t be so hard on yourself. You’ve come face to face with some pretty tough people in your career. These people should be a pushover for you.

      But they’re family! And there are so many of them.

      They’re going to love you. I’ll be right at your side.

      She let out a deep breath and touched up her red lipstick. Let’s roll, she told him, wanting to get the whole family reunion thing over with.

      ***

      Her cousin Timothy owned and lived in a bed and breakfast inn in Savannah’s historic district and had wanted Clarissa and Ron to stay in a room there, but they preferred to have the privacy of their own Marriott hotel room. The family reunion was at his inn which was near Forsyth Park in downtown Savannah.

      It’s so beautiful here, Clarissa told Ron as he was driving them there. They saw a sign that read, Savannah Bed and Breakfast Inn, and Clarissa said, This must be the place.

      Looks like your cousins have some money, he answered as he parked the car.

      I was thinking the same thing.

      They walked up the steps to the inn’s entrance and Clarissa cleared her throat. She reached for the doorbell, and told Ron, Okay…Here goes.

      A well-dressed, balding man in his forties answered the door and asked, Are you Clarissa?

      Yes. And this is my husband, Ron.

      How do you do? I’m Timothy McAndrews. He shook hands with both of them.

      What a lovely inn you have, Clarissa told him.

      Thank you kindly. He led them into a dark blue room with toile wallpaper and a fully stocked bar that took up half the room. What can I offer you to drink?

      How about a mint julep? Clarissa suggested. Or do I sound too much like a tourist?

      Not at all. Mint julep comin’ right up. And for you? he asked Ron.

      I’ll have one, too. Thank you.

      Just then, a blonde-haired, slim woman wearing a loud pantsuit swooped over to them and introduced herself. Hey. I’m Dahlia. I have a little real estate business here in Savannah.

      A little real estate business?! You own this town! Everyone else is afraid to set up shop, said an overweight brunette.

      She introduced herself as Martha and told Clarissa and Ron that she worked for Gray Line Tours.

      Clarissa said, "I’d love to go on a tour of the city. Is it true that there’s a tour that concentrates on Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil?"

      Boy, is there ever.

      Don’t get her started about ‘The Book’. She’s obsessed with it, Dahlia said.

      Well, I was in the movie version of the book, you know, Martha answered defensively.

      Clint Eastwood was the director and I got to meet him, she bragged to Clarissa.

      How exciting! I’d like to go on your tour.

      How’s about tomorrow?

      Sure!

      It’s a lot of fun. You’ll love it! Dahlia admitted.

      An effeminate-looking man in a shiny teal suit came over to shake Clarissa’s hand. My name is Drew. I’m an art dealer in town.

      I sure have some interesting relatives! Clarissa told them.

      Wait until you meet Maribel. She owns a famous restaurant here in town.

      A redhead wearing a long flowing peasant skirt, white blouse, and heavy jewelry came over to introduce herself to Clarissa and Ron. I’m hardly famous. They’re just pulling your leg.

      Clarissa told her, But you are famous. I’ve seen you on the Food Network.

      Speaking of food, Drew interrupted, bring out the hors’ d’oeuvres, Maribel. I’m positively famished.

      She went to the kitchen and came back with a tray of crab cakes and puffed pastries stuffed with lobster.

      Dahlia turned to Clarissa and said, So, you’re a detective. I find that fascinating. What’s it like?

      Where to begin? Clarissa thought. Well, there’s always something new every day. It never gets boring.

      Dahlia turned to Ron and admired his good looks, sizing him up from head to toe. So, you’re going to the FBI headquarters for training?

      Just for a few days.

      Impressive, she told him then looked over at Clarissa and winked.

      You look so familiar, Dahlia told him. She continued staring at him. Oh, now I know who. It’s that actor. The one who was in that movie with Lady Gaga.

      Bradley Cooper, Clarissa suggested.

      Yes. That’s it. He looks just like him.

      He gets that all the time.

      Wanting to change the subject, Clarissa asked her cousins, Isn’t it interesting about our 6th great-grandpa? I read that he fought against the British and had to flee from Scotland in disguise.

      Drew answered, Yes. He had to flee in a barrel. And his family sent over a trunk of gold coins after they found out that he made it safely to America.

      Clarissa asked, Is it true that the trunk has never been found?

      Well, if it has been found, nobody’s fessing up.

      You think this motley crew would be able to keep quiet and not brag about something like that? Maribel asked as the mint juleps started making her feel a little tipsy.

      Drew told everyone, What I love about him is that he lived to 104 and when he died, he still had a full head of dark hair and all of his teeth. He didn’t even need to wear reading glasses. And he married for the second time when he was 80! Sounds like the old guy didn’t need any Viagra. I hope I can be as strong and virile when I’m his age.

      Mirabel lectured, Don’t be crass, Drew. We’ve just met these people.

      She

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