Nightmare in Napa
The Wine Country Murders
Chapter One
The Scariest Night of the Year
By 7:00 P.M. on Halloween night, 2004, Lauren Meanza was back home at 2631 Dorset Street in Napa, California. It had been a busy Sunday. She had played some soccer -- a game she loved -- and then spent the rest of the day doing something she found not nearly as enjoyable: shopping. The shopping had been more exhausting than the soccer, and Lauren was happy to be home. Greeting her as she pulled her car into the garage was the effigy of a luckless witch hanging from the front porch to let the local children know that, yes, this was a Halloween house where trick-or-treaters were more than welcome.
And they were. Lauren's two roommates, Adriane Insogna and Leslie Mazzara, were there at the front door, giggling, cooing, and feigning fright at the little ghosts and goblins coming to call in sometimes spooky, but mostly sweet, costumes. The house supply of candy was going fast, but Adriane and Leslie didn't mind; they couldn't hand it out fast enough.
Lauren wasn't quite as enthusiastic about the annual Halloween ritual. "It's not ... read full excerpt from Nightmare in Napa: The Wine Country Murders ebook
