A peek at BOOB Girls VI: From the Eye of the Moose.
Robinson
Leary has inherited a haunted bed and breakfast in Salem’s Crossing, Nebraska.
While cleaning the place – which was horrendously dust and cobweb covered,
Hadley found a safety deposit key in a drawer of a beautiful little antique
Eastlake table. The next day, they headed into town to visit the bank.
The
bank was a typical small town bank. The teller’s cages were antiques but
beautifully preserved. The wooden floor shown brightly and the entire building
smelled of polish and age which almost hid the sneaky little odor of mouse
urine. Marge counted twelve people
standing in line at the tellers’ cages, making out deposit and withdrawal slips
and talking to the bankers seated at desks in the big room. They stood in line
in front of the teller with the fewest people.
Coming
in right behind them was a young man wearing black boots, black jeans, black
turtle neck and black sweatshirt.
Topping off his ensemble was a black ski mask pulled down over his face.
He was carrying a rifle. Unnoticed by
the customers who were concentrating on other things, he moved to the back of
the room and in a very loud voice said, “Everybody on the floor! Now!”
The
girls turned as one, surprise on their faces and looked at him. The other
customers were dropping to the floor just as they had seen in bank robberies in
the movies. Hadley, Robbie, Mary Rose and Marge however,
stayed upright.
Hadley put one hands
on her hips and leaned toward him. “Are you kidding?” she said in a loud voice.
“Look at us. We don’t do floors! If we get on that floor we will never get up!”
Robbie shook a finger
at the robber. “Does your mother know this is what you do for a living?!”
Mary Rose took two
steps to stand right beside and very close to the young man, whose eyes were
looking slightly startled through the slits of the ski mask. She pointed to the gun. “Young man, you have
a magnificent weapon. What kind of gun is that?”
The kid looked at the
gun, then at Mary Rose and opened his mouth. That’s when Marge Aaron lifted her
gain, pressed a jewel and TASER’d him in the balls.
A Note from Joy:
Thanks to all of you
who came to the launch party September 13. The band, Clan Grady was excellent,
the food was super, the laughter non-stop and now a whole lot of BOOB Girls are
reading book VI.
If you missed that
party, there’s another.
I am proud to be the
first author signing at the new location for our favorite bookstore, The Bookworm. The worm will crawl at
the end of September to the beautiful new Loveland Plaza on the northeast
corner of 90th and Center. It’s a great new location and I hope to
break a bottle of our cheap champagne on the corner to christen it properly.
Come! Even if you already have the book, let’s get The Bookworm off to a good
start.
The Bookworm, signing of BOOB Girls VI:
Sunday, October 12, 1-3pm.
Other “joyful” events where Joy will speak and sign:
A Stitch in Crime, Mystery Bookstore, Saturday, September 20, 4pm:
1414 S 13th St, Omaha, NE 68108 (402)
342-7343
Waterloo NE Public Library, Wednesday, September 24,
7pm
23704 Cedar Dr, Waterloo, NE 68069 (402) 779-4171
Council Bluffs IA Senior Cente, Friday,
September 26, 10am
714 South
Main, Council Bluffs, Iowa 712-323-5995
Watch for a calendar of October dates.
And to buy
BOOB Girl books, send a check to Joy Johnson, Centering Corporation, 7230 Maple
St, Omaha NE 68134 for $16 for each book in the series. (includes shipping) or place your credit card order on www.theboobgirls.com.
I: The BOOB
Girls: The Burned Out Old Broads at Table 12
II: The BOOB
Girls II: Lies, Spies and Cinnamon Rolls
III: The BOOB
Girls III: Sandhills and Shadows
IV: The BOOB
Girls: Murder at Meadow Lakes
V: The BOOB
Girls: The Secret of the Red Cane
VI: The BOOB
Girls: From the Eye of the Moose
