Forty Thousand Dollars in Marked Bills Found in a Safe Deposit Box

I finally went to bed. At ten past ten the next morning, I parked my sedan in the gravel lot behind Thorne Antiques, the cold wind scattering yellow oak leaves across my windshield.

The bell above the shop door gave its familiar tinny ring as I pushed my way inside. Aris Thorne was not at his usual spot behind the front counter, so I walked straight continue reading …