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    Just Lost and Found: A Lucy Fong Mystery, #1.5
    Just Lost and Found: A Lucy Fong Mystery, #1.5
    Just Lost and Found: A Lucy Fong Mystery, #1.5
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    Just Lost and Found: A Lucy Fong Mystery, #1.5

    By Anne R. Tan

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    Meet Raspberry. He is one fierce kitty. And Lucy Fong gets to pet sit him for a weekend. Will she win him over or forever be known as a feline fatale? 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnne R. Tan
    Release dateNov 9, 2018
    ISBN9781386823858
    Just Lost and Found: A Lucy Fong Mystery, #1.5
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    Anne R. Tan

    Anne R. Tan is a USA Today bestselling author. She writes the Raina Sun Mystery series and the Lucy Fong Mystery series. Her humorous cozy mysteries feature Chinese-American amateur sleuths dealing with love, family, and life while solving murders. Sign up for her newsletter for new release announcement, sales, and exclusive content at http://annertan.com/newsletter/ FIVE THINGS ABOUT ANNE 1. I can't resist ice cream.  2. I started my first book a month after I had my first baby. 3. And now that she's seven, I brainstorm story ideas with my girl. 4. Instead of reading to my children, I make up stories round-robin style with my children at bedtime. 5. I secretly want Raina Sun's life. A NOTE FROM ANNE: My books are my legacy to my children. Unfortunately, they won't grow up in the San Francisco Bay Area as I did. Without a cultural hub to keep the language and philosophies alive, our family will lose this part of our heritage in one generation. My children will be visitors to this rich culture just like my readers. I hope you'll enjoy your time with Raina Sun and her large dynamic family.

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      Just Lost and Found - Anne R. Tan

      1

      SOUR PUSS

      As they made their way toward the lighthouse on the cliff, Lucy Fong suppressed her mild irritation at the sight of Raspberry snuggling in her cousin Stella’s arms. With her sister out of town, Lucy was assigned the task of pet sitting the white and gray Maine coon cat even though she was highly allergic to the beast. She was so drugged up on antihistamines, she shouldn’t care…except she did.

      Raspberry returned her regard. He didn’t even protest when her cousin had cheerfully propped the cat against one hip and carried him like a baby. All the traitorous cat needed was a little bonnet to turn him from puss to wuss.

      From behind her sunglasses, Lucy squinted against the bright glare of the sun’s reflection on the dancing waves. The lens on top of the lighthouse winked at their approach. She turned away from Raspberry. She didn’t care one iota that the cat ignored every attempt she had made to be friends. She was done bribing the animal with treats and toys. Her sister was returning from San Francisco in a couple of days, and it was good riddance as far as she was concerned. Sure, he was a comfort to have around the house in the last few days, but surely, it didn’t make up for his disdain.

      What do you think? Can we turn the lighthouse into a tourist destination? Stella asked, breaking into Lucy’s thoughts.

      Lucy frowned at the dilapidated circular stone column in front of them. Up close, moss clung to the nooks on the surface. The copper roof had long since disappeared. Probably stolen at one point. Is it even safe? It’ll cost quite a bit of money to restore it.

      It’s all that we have now that the plastic surgery center closed its doors. The town needs another source of revenue.

      And how exactly did I get volunteered by the Historical Society to market this pile of stone? Lucy asked, knowing full well it was her cousin’s doing.

      Stella was Mom’s younger cousin. In her youth, the over large ears and teeth had been the bane of her existence, but her recent pixie haircut and makeover hid and diffused these features. Lucy still wasn’t quite sure what to make of the situation. While she didn’t like walking around with the same haircut as her cousin, neither did she have the heart to tell Stella to find her own signature look.

      The only saving grace to the matching haircuts was the different coloring. Lucy had inherited her Chinese father’s black hair and love for pastries. And from her mom’s side, she had gotten the height. She was tall by Chinatown standards at five foot six inches, though she was still four inches shorter than the heavyset woman next to her.

      Your grandma suggested advertising it as a bungee cord jump site, Stella said.

      Lucy raised an eyebrow. The town can’t afford the liability insurance. How will the mayor get the funds for its restoration? The keeper cottage seems to be in good shape. Once they removed the wood planks boarding up the house, some fresh flowers and new curtains would make the stone cottage picturesque. Maybe the Historical Society could find some period household items for it.

      The mayor thinks he can get us a federal grant. He wants to see tourists flocking to the lighthouse by the end of the summer.

      That’s ambitious. Who else is working on this project?

      Just one maintenance worker and the volunteers at the Historical Society.

      Lucy’s heart sank. One government employee and a bunch of retired seniors. Seriously? That’s not much.

      Stella pulled out an old heavy iron skeleton key with a long shaft. She unlocked the wood door of the lighthouse and pushed it open. When she removed her hand, bits of wood fluttered to the ground.

      Lucy mentally added another task to the project. They would have to replace the door, but they might be able to reuse the original hardware. She stepped in after her cousin. I’m willing to offer the mayor some advice on how to market the lighthouse, but I don’t have time to take on a project like this pro bono. I still have a PI business to run.

      The interior of the lighthouse was gloomy and smelled of mildew. The steps leading up to the lens at the top were narrow and uneven and missing its handrails. There were notches cut into the stone like medieval openings for arrows against an invading army.

      A bungee jump site is probably the right description for this place, Lucy said. We’ll have to get a photographer to get some photos of the structure at dawn and dusk. The colors reflecting off the ocean and onto the stone would look fabulous on the Internet.

      Raspberry squirmed on Stella’s arm and leaped to the floor. He bolted for the lighthouse keeper’s cottage behind them. Lucy spun around. The cat dashed in between the cracks of the wood planks nailed crisscross on the door frame.

      Lucy ran after the scamp. Why did we bring him?

      The two of you need to bond, Stella said, coming up from behind, slightly breathless.

      Lucy sighed. When did her cousin become the cat whisperer? She squinted at the darkened interior of the lighthouse keeper’s cottage. With the windows boarded up, she couldn’t see any movement. "Raspberry, get your furry

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