September 2011
Beginner
238 pages
5h 17m
English

The last week of July was hot and muggy in Dickens. The weatherman predicted rain for the weekend but said that the week would bring high humidity and temperatures in the 90s. Pam was attending a sports conference in Chicago, and Tim and I had plans for a “guy’s weekend” of eating pizza and watching the Cubs play a series at Cincinnati on TV. Tim liked watching the Cubs play, although he still had a hard time sitting through nine innings of baseball. By about the fourth inning, I usually had to pull out a deck of cards or a board game.
I had just ended a phone call with Pam when Danielle Bartlett came ...