Sharon Love Cook - Granite Cove 01 - A Nose for Hanky Panky (27 page)

I am crushed, Auntie Pearl. Should I consult a lawyer or a private investigator?

Sleepless in Salem

Dear Sleepless:

Here’s a tip: Check the newspaper and bulletin boards for notices of church fairs and yard sales. When you arrive, make a beeline for the housewares table where you will find attractive plates at dirt cheap prices. It doesn’t matter if they don’t match your dishes at home. They will be used for those occasions when you bring a dessert, such as your prune squares. (By the way, check out my website, auntiepearlbakes.com, for exciting alternatives to fruit squares.)

Best of all, should you leave a dish behind, it won’t matter. And who knows, you might even come upon your lost platter. Don’t hold your breath waiting for your husband.

Auntie Pearl

A Nose for Hanky Panky
is the first Granite Cove Mystery.

Sharon Love Cook has an MFA in Writing from Bennington College in Vermont. She started writing a humor column—with accompanying cartoons—at age seventeen. Since then she has written for magazines, newspapers and anthologies. She is also a cartoonist and sometime standup comic.

She lives in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, with her husband Oliver and a small herd of (rescued) cats.

For complete information or to contact Sharon, please visit
www.sharonlovecook.com
.