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

feeling lighter now. “I will have it for you by three o’clock.”

The drive to Thorne Antiques was quiet, the wind throwing dry leaves against my windshield. I turned into the alley behind the shop and parked next to Aris’s old blue station wagon.

Inside the back room, the air smelled of copper polish and dried lavender. Aris Thorne was continue reading …