The Coffee Shoppe Killer
by Rod Kackley
One Woman. One Gun. Two Dead Bodies.Mary Eileen Sullivan’s ex-husband and new boyfriend have disappeared. She is crushed. Or is she? Two of the St. Isidore Chronicle’s crack reporters — Joy and her protege, Amanda — think Mary Eileen is lying. So does a state police detective, Sean Patrick Flynn, who decides to go undercover — under Mary Eileen’s covers — to solve the mystery and put his suspicions to rest. They must be crazy! Mary Eileen Sullivan is a successful businesswoman. Her Coffee Shoppe is a centerpiece of downtown St. Isidore. Why would she kill anyone, least of all, the men she loves?These reporters and this cop; they must be trying to make their careers off this case, right?However, if she is a killer, why wouldn’t Mary Eileen make sure that Sean becomes just one more of her dearly departed lovers? And why not just kill Joy and Amanda? The Coffee...