Barnyard Murder: A Cozy Mystery (Strawberry Shores Mystery Book 2) by Mak K. Han

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    Strawberry Shores Mystery Series:
    Bound To Die: A Cozy Mystery (Book 1)
     
     
     
     
    Excerpt from Bound To Die :
     
    “What a jerk! Who does that guy think he is?”
    Susan put her hands on my arms. “Laura, calm down—”
    I shook off Susan's grip. “I've never been so humiliated in my entire life! Who does he think he is?”
    “Laura, calm down.” Susan maneuvered me to the seat behind the counter. “That's Edward Brooks. You're right, he is a jerk. Don't take it personally.”
    I was fuming. “I don’t know what I’ll do the next time I see him.”
    Susan chuckled. “I'd advise against that. He's one of the library trustees. Spit in his face and you can kiss this job goodbye. Don't worry though. Sooner or later he'll get what's coming to him.”
    I took a few deep breaths. My hands were still shaking, but not as badly. I closed my eyes, pushed away the negativity, and when I opened them again Daniel was standing there. He was a big balding guy with a beer belly, dressed in a pair of paint-spotted jeans and a stained white t-shirt.
    “The mouse traps are reset,” he said. “Now about this room?”
    Susan nodded at the door. “It's out back. I'll show you.” She looked at me. “Are you going to be okay? You're not going to go homicidal, are you?” she asked with a grin.
    “No, I'm fine,” I said, brushing her away.
    Susan stood and started for the door. I rubbed my forehead and glanced at the clock. Four. Just an hour–
    “Excuse me?” a male voice interrupted my countdown to getting off work.
    I squeaked and spun around in my chair. Since when was there someone else in the library?
    He was a handsome guy, around my age, with wavy blond hair. From the looks of his arms in his tight shirt he worked out. When he smiled it was like staring into the bulb of a spotlight. “Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.”
    I leaned forward, thumping my elbow on the desk and setting my chin in my upturned palm. With my free hand I brushed the hair out of my eyes. “No, it's fine. I mean, you didn't scare me. I mean…hi. Can I help you?”
    “I'm Harold,” he said, handing a book over to me. “I'd like to check this out?”
    “Sure. No problem.” Without looking down to see what I was doing I groped around for the barcode scanner and then waved it around under the laser until I heard it beep.
    “So, what's all the excitement? Why was everyone here earlier?”
    “We—I found a secret room under the library.” I heard the computer bleep. It was telling me when the book was due. Without taking my eyes off Harold, I hit the keyboard a couple of times until I hit the 'Enter' key. “Here,” I said, handing him the book. “It's due sometime. Do you want to see the secret room?”
    Harold smiled. “Well, I wasn’t—”
    “Are you sure? It's really cool. There are books dating back to 1998. Er, 1778.”
    Harold chuckled again. “Sure, I guess.”
    For the second time that day, the library front desk went unattended. I lead Harold out of the library and around to the back. Daniel had already blocked off the door with caution tape and set up his work space—a tool box sat near the door and with it a radio. “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash was playing. Susan was standing nearby with a man in a suit.
    “Can we go in?” I asked Daniel. “Just real quick.”
    Daniel shook his head. “Sorry, sweetheart, I got orders from Mr. Shade. I'm supposed to keep this blocked off until we figure out what we're going to do with it.”
    “Come on, Daniel,” Susan piped up. “The room belongs to all of us. And we're not going to screw around with anything—I just want to show it to Chester. He didn't get a chance to see it earlier.”
    Daniel was resolute. His head shook and didn't stop.
    Scowling, Susan turned away from