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

but the sky was turning the color of wet slate, promising rain before dark.

Thorne Antiques sat at the corner of Main and Seventh, its front window cluttered with tarnished silver trays and yellowed lace.

The bell above the door gave a dry cling as I pushed it open, stepping into the familiar smell of copper polish and old paper.

Aris Thorne was sitting continue reading …