Tilda Goes Fourth

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The day of the annual Forth of July picnic in cosy Sparrow Falls, North Carolina starts out well enough. The sun is shining, the temperature is warming, the bagpiper is practicing, and the children are playing. Picnic baskets are being packed with homemade goodies, and fireworks are being readied for the night’s big show. Things quickly take a turn for the worse, however, when Tilda MacArdan happens upon the scene of a freshly made crime!

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Memories and Inspirations

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(The house) was a quaint, bright, fairytale cottage and neat as a pin. There were crocheted doilies on the furniture and roses on the teacups. Knick knacks were placed everywhere and in random fashion; countless tiny figurines of playful animals or sweet-tempered children, curious souvenirs from places long forgotten, photographs in swirling brass frames, and flowers. In vases, in clay pots, in chipped cups or mismatched glasses, in anything that could still hold water, Tilda MacArdan placed a flower.

A Distant Murder, Donna McLean