Fat Free and Fatal
A SAVANNAH REID MYSTERY
Chapter One
The tiny, southern California town of San Carmelita had its
picturesque areas where Hollywood celebrities browsed for
antiques, shopped quaint boutiques, and sunned themselves on
pristine beaches. But Saul's pawnshop wasn't in any of those areas.
Saulie's was on the other side of town, the part of town that the
city council frequently discussed at meetings, trying to figure out
new, cheap ways to spruce up the neighborhood. Or at least keep
tourists out of it, so they wouldn't get themselves mugged or perforated
by a stray bullet.
Nestled snugly between a tattoo parlor and a porn store, Saul's
shabby little hockshop had been trading valuables of questionable
ownership for instant cash for over fifty years. But Saul himself
was neither shabby nor questionable. He was a character, and
he also had character ... which made him one of Savannah Reid's
favorite people.
As she and her friend, Detective Sergeant Dirk Coulter, left
Dirk's old Buick and walked up the sidewalk toward Saul's shop, ... read full excerpt from Fat Free and Fatal ebook
