Ghost in Trouble (2010)

by Carolyn Hart

Her smile was wide. “Bailey Ruth, you are one foxy lady. Do you know what that means?”

  I laughed aloud. I remembered.

  “Thank you, Bailey Ruth. Good-bye.”

  “Hasta la vista,” I called.

  Faintly, as I moved through The Castle ceiling into the starlit night, I heard her quick shout: “Yeah. Sure. But, please, not anytime soon.”

  Here came the caboose. I reached out, clung to the railing. As the lights receded below, I was torn between earth and Heaven, the diamond-bright glitter of Adelaide receding, the brilliance of the stars bathing me in a silvery glow.

  A strong hand clasped my arm, pulled me aboard. Above the rush of the wind, Wiggins shouted, “Well done, Bailey Ruth.” A portentous pause. “However, there were a few moments we should discuss.” The wind rushed past us. Shooting stars illuminated our arc as we rose higher and higher.

  I slipped my arm through his as we turned to enter the last car. As Mama wisely advised, “Talk to men about something dear to their hearts.”

  “Wiggins, how is the schedule coming with that emissary at Ulaa Lodge?”

  About the Author

  An accomplished master of mystery, CAROLYN HART is the author of twenty Death on Demand novels, the creator of the highly praised Henrie O series, and two previous Bailey Ruth mysteries. She has won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards, and received the Lifetime Achievement award from Malice Domestic. Her first Bailey Ruth mystery, Ghost at Work, was named one of the best mysteries of 2008 by Publishers Weekly. She is one of the founders of Sisters in Crime, and lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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  Also by Carolyn Hart

  BAILEY RUTH

  Ghost at Work

  Merry, Merry Ghost

  DEATH ON DEMAND

  Death on Demand

  Design for Murder

  Something Wicked

  Honeymoon with Murder

  A Little Class on Murder

  Deadly Valentine

  The Christie Caper

  Southern Ghost

  Mint Julep Murder

  Yankee Doodle Dead

  White Elephant Dead

  Sugarplum Dead

  April Fool Dead

  Engaged to Die

  Murder Walks the Plank

  Death of the Party

  Dead Days of Summer

  Death Walked In

  Dare to Die

  Laughed ’Til He Died

  HENRIE O

  Dead Man’s Island

  Scandal in Fair Haven

  Death in Lovers’ Lane

  Death in Paradise

  Death on the River Walk

  Resort to Murder

  Set Sail for Murder

  Credits

  Jacket design by James L. Iacobelli

  Jacket photography © by Kamil Vojnar/Getty Images

  Copyright

  This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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